It's safe. So - a friend asked me how old the kit was. I said 3-4 years. he pointed out the HD controller on the kit was probably so old - it didn't recognize my large hard drive.
I moved the drive back in the old PC... and my data is restored! On 5/13/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 2:22 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: yet another computer question - hard drive showing up not > > formatted > > > > So... I'm very, very scared now. I had a second hard drive in my old > > machine. I removed it. Carefully of course. > > > > I tried to see if I could install it internally in the machine - but > > gave up. I had a kit that allowed you to put an internal drive inside > > so it would act as an external drive. > > > > I did that - again being careful. > > > > When turned on - it shows up as a healthy drive - up the right side - > > but completely formatted. > > > > What could I have done to nuke the drive - yet it still show as healthy? > > DON'T TOUCH IT! > > Don't play with it, don't try to fix it! Figure out what happened first or > you'll shoot yourself in the foot! > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157500 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
