Lost.....

MIKE BURN · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:34 pm Post subject: Re: ...not really...

Lesson #2: Don't give up too quick! (of course backups are the way to go usually...)

I assume you have an IDE drive. If you don't know how.. try to find somebody who is familiar with computers and take your new harddrive (configured of course as IDE master) and connect your old HD configured as a IDE-slave (done by setting jumpers on the HD).

Reboot.

Then look if you are able to access your data or at least parts of them. Works in 90% of all cases, since usually the FAT table or boot sector of your crashed HD are corrupted, which doesn't matter if you have another IDE-master boot device installed you are booting from.

If this fails, bring your HD to a computer repair shop and ask if they can run a data recovery program like Norton Ghost or Norton Utilities (or anything else which is useful) and burn your data on CD's or DVD's.

At least you should try that before finally whining, you know?

MIKE

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droolymutt · Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: Lost.....

That might be a good thing.

Maybe Paul knows what he's doing.

So maybe you should stop whining, Mike....

You know?

hahahahaha............!

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ED1G · PIGGY MOONRUST Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Posts: 2644

Everything.......

My puter crashed and burned..... So.....

All my new music gone.....

All video diary's gone....

Oh dam blast......

And no I did not have a back up.... lesson to be learned!!

Paul

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RonOnGuitar · Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 1916

That's a bit of bad news, Paul.

But as Mike sez, files on the disk may still be recovered.

In addition to Mike's advice, you could just try popping the drive into another PC's open slot as a "slave D:, E: or F: drive" to see if the PC's working drive (usually C:) can read it and copy the files you lost.

Edited by: RonOnGuitar at: 12/6/04 0:53

Seismic Anamoly · Joined: 22 Aug 2002 Posts: 3039

Damn, Paul. Sorry to hear it.

Just keep pluggin' man....don't give up on it!!

The Master68 · Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 442

I hate when that happens...

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bbchris · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: Lost.....

PAUL! It's not necessarily all gone. Do as Mike suggests! My old computer from 2 years ago died too, I got my cousin to stick the harddrive into the new computer and "Lo & behold - there were all my files!"

ED1G · PIGGY MOONRUST Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Posts: 2644

Thanx Mike and everyone but I did not know that and just formated it... Oh D'oh... :stress

Its probably the kick up the @#%$ I need to get back into music?

Paul

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