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Ratrap	Jun 14 2005, 12:30 PM Post #1
nFm [ Level 2 ] Group: Global Moderator Posts: 395 Joined: 18-March 04 From: Germany Member No.: 21	No idea where to post this, sorry if it's the wrong section. My PC can't boot anymore if i have my 200gb HDD on power, (I got 2 HHDs) Is there a way to repair that? 180/200 gb of data! I don't want to lose that. Problem: I don't know what kind of HDD it is, only 200gb 7200 rpm --------------------

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Boss429	Jun 16 2005, 11:03 AM Post #2
Buckled Up Group: Private Member Posts: 623 Joined: 18-March 04 From: Canada Member No.: 18	well it could be that the MBR is poached. you could try at (DOS i know) prompt with win98 boot disk. fdisk/mbr Have you tried playing with the jumpers and cabling? if something is lose it may not recognize the problem until part way during boot. Is there a spare computer in the house you can test the HD in to determine if infact the HD has a problem or if it could be something in the computer u have. Is the Drive NTFS or FAT32? Knoppix doesnt mind readign it, but wont allowing righting to it. umm what else.... have you tried booting to that HD? I take it there is no O/S on that drive, so you acn use a boot disk. Can you read info off that drive in DOS? You might also want to try BARTPE or PXE to boot from CD and give you an environment to back up, test, restore data. that all i can think of before breakfast. sorry. -------------------- "Scenes change before my eyes Doesn't matter what I try Close my eyes they disappear Open wide, and they reappear"

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Ratrap HDD Repair tool? Jun 14 2005, 12:30 PM

optomos Did you make any hardware,driver,device setting,bi... Jun 14 2005, 03:30 PM

Ratrap Seagate Baraccuda I've tried the Test prog. D... Jun 14 2005, 03:36 PM

lokal When the computer boots; does the BIOS report both... Jun 14 2005, 03:52 PM

Ratrap Yes, both. I think the hdd is broken, that's w... Jun 14 2005, 04:32 PM

lokal You've said it won't boot; but that you do... Jun 15 2005, 01:02 PM

lokal Meant to also ask if you hear any physical noise f... Jun 15 2005, 01:06 PM

Ratrap Well i see the Windows Icon and the green loading ... Jun 15 2005, 03:37 PM

lokal Does knoppix recognise the drive and you can't... Jun 15 2005, 03:50 PM

lokal also, in knoppix do a dmesg in a terminal window;... Jun 15 2005, 03:51 PM

Ratrap Thanks, i will try that, i am new to Knoppix. Yes ... Jun 15 2005, 04:08 PM

Ratrap Ok: I have tried dmesg and got some errors about h... Jun 16 2005, 09:14 AM

Boss429 well it could be that the MBR is poached. you cou... Jun 16 2005, 11:03 AM

Ratrap The Problem: How do i get in dos? I don't have... Jun 16 2005, 11:36 AM

lokal How do i become a superuser for writing on my hdds... Jun 16 2005, 03:31 PM

Ratrap Worked, thanks. Now i am going to play around with... Jun 16 2005, 03:34 PM

Ratrap Ooooook ... Now i have deleted all partitions on t... Jun 16 2005, 07:09 PM

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