[access-uk] Re: Question about a corrupted hard drive.
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:05:15 -0000
Hi Petrina,
Before you do that, have you been able to establish exactly where the
problem is?
It could be a dud hard drive, and this should not be difficult for
your friend to establish. If you are luck, all you will need is a new
drive.
If it's something more sinister, such as the processor, it might still
be worth checking costs.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of petrina delves
Sent: 13 March 2012 18:39
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Question about a corrupted hard drive.
Hi Jonathan,
I can't tell you what the error was. All I know is that when I went
to start my computer the next day, after shutting it down the night
before despite several attempts it wouldn't boot up. So I called my
friend who repairs computers for a living, and after work he came to
have a look at it, and said he would have to take it away. Anyway
after sending my message to the list last night, he phoned me about 9
O'Clock, to say that after trying everything he could possibly think
of, he got someone else he works with to look at it, but they still
can't get it to run. Apparently when you go to start it, it gets so
far and then sits there doing nothing, then after a while, the screen
goes blank. So it looks as though I am going to have to shake up the
piggy bank, for a new tower. And that also poses a problem, because I
can't afford to update all my hardware, and possibly software, I need
to buy a tower, which will still allow me to run XP.
All the best
Petrina
Southampton UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan" <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 7:07 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Question about a corrupted hard drive.
> Theoretically, yes.
>
> However, this is one of the rare occasions when I'd say that if your
> data is at all valuable to you, get a professional, or at least
> someone who really knows what they're doing.
> And by that, I don't mean PC World!
>
> There are just so many variables - what type of cable? What are the
> jumper settings? What security did the old HDD have? What partition
> format did it use?
> Most machines have both SATA and PATA connections should you should
be
> OK there, but you can still get yourself in a right old pickle.
>
> So, answer is: Yes, no guarantees, but be careful and take your
time!
>
> Incidentally, what is the error and what recovery tools have you
tried?
>
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:49 PM, petrina delves
> <delves465@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi all.
>> I have a hard drive, that we think has become severely corrupted.
What
>> I would
>> like to know, is because this drive, has been partitioned, is it
possible
>> to
>> put it in to another computer, as a secondary drive. So that I can
>> retrieve
>> some files, that I didn't get a chance to backup, or have I lost
them.
>> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me with this one.
>> All the best
>> Petrina
>> Southampton UK
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