> Jim, thanks for your reply and in a round about way > solved my problem!
That is often how we solve problems, indirectly. :-) > I did as you suggested only to find on boot up that > there was no OS....reason; I had the BIOS set to boot > from the backup HD first and not the drive with the OS > on it :-((( I believe that anyone who needs/wants to do his own computer troubleshooting should familiarize himself with the bios, starting with how to get there. It's different with each computer brand and probably with the bios brand. My Sonys use F2, some use DEL. I haven't see any other key to open the bios setup on boot up for some years. > I still have some inaccessible data on this HD but if > don't get in the way, who cares :-))) I think that depends on how large that data block is. Call me anal but if I see any section of my hard drive that is inaccessible, usually revealed by Partition Magic, I want to know what it is so that I can either get at it or free up that part of the drive. In other words I don't consider the drive healthy in that kind of situateion. I love Partition Magic. It's the first CD-Rom disk in my disk dispenser. :-) Jim ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h4806tn/M=362131.6882499.7825260.1510227/D=groups/S=1705115386:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1124381174/A=2889191/R=0/SIG=10r90krvo/*http://www.thebeehive.org ">Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job) Welcome to the Sweet Life - brought to you by One Economy</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
