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Topic: Please help troubleshoot my dead drive |
snoutmeat
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Forum: General chat Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:18 am Subject: Romulus? |
I'd noticed postings about the Romulus problems elsewhere. From what I've read, the drives exhibiting this problem suddenly tell the BIOS that they're a different type of drive. That's not my problem. ... |
Topic: Please help troubleshoot my dead drive |
snoutmeat
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Forum: General chat Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:39 am Subject: Still dead. :( |
For those of you keeping score (or for people searching this in the future):
--drive sounds normal when spinning up (bearings are a little noisy due to the age of the drive, but sound the same as t ... |
Topic: Please help troubleshoot my dead drive |
snoutmeat
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Forum: General chat Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:16 am Subject: Please help troubleshoot my dead drive |
OK, thanks. I think the computer is ample for my dad's needs, and many components are now new, so there's not much point in getting him a new machine.
I understand that you (and data recovery pros) ... |
Topic: Please help troubleshoot my dead drive |
snoutmeat
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Forum: General chat Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:39 pm Subject: Please help troubleshoot my dead drive |
Thanks for the reply.
Why would you say I need a new computer? The machine now has 2 new hard drives, and the CPU and RAM are plenty for the web surfing and word processing that my father does. Th ... |
Topic: Please help troubleshoot my dead drive |
snoutmeat
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Views: 21609
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Forum: General chat Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:41 am Subject: Please help troubleshoot my dead drive |
Greetings-
Thank you for taking the time to read. My dad called me a few days ago saying that his computer wasn't working. I showed up and he was getting a "boot disk error". I looked in the BIOS, ... |
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