Re: [OT] Hard Drive Failure - data recovery

[neilball@xxxxxxx]

Thanks for the info Ian - I think you could be right. I've just posted a
reply to Riuchard who suggested trying something similar. When I put the
drive into a desktop machine it is still inaccessible under XP but can be
seen from the bios. I'm trying to carry out a sector by sector copy at the
moment to see what I can do with that.

Neil B.

>  from:    Ian Lowe <ian@xxxxxxx>
>  date:    Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:35:02
>  to:      ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>  subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Hard Drive Failure - data recovery
>
> Neil,
> That *really* doesn't sounds like a hard drive problem, at least, not
a
> physical one.
>
> My gut instinct is that you have a section of the NTFS structure
borked, or
> a couple of frazzed system files. One of the registry hives being
hosed (for
> instance) would look exactly the same. (especially as XP install
doesn't
> find the install: that's absolutely in line with a hosed hive file)
>
> I would suggest that you get a USB caddy for laptop drives (I got mine
from
> ebuyer) pull the drive, and access it from a desktop machine.
>
> once you copy your data off, you can stick the disk back, and download
the
> appropriate diagnostics from the drive manafacturer and test it..
>
> I just had one in a customer PC, that when powered up goes
"KA-THUNK" loud
> enough to be heard from a room away, then goes into "chainsaw
mode" trying
> to tear itself apart. not *thats* a drive hardware problem ;)
>
> I think the chances of your data being still there are prety good.
>
> Ian.
>