I was talking about some sort of disk utility from the manufacturer. Maybe a CD or floppy you can boot from.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 12:17 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: toshiba laptop rebooting - update > > I can't get to the drive. The machine never boots. I did suggest trying a > different drive but he does not have one readily available. Notice though, > that the second octet ends in 6 not 32. > > The owner also has several animated movies (his work) on the drive that he > would like to salvage if possible. At the moment, my advice is to count > the wires in his ribbon cable, whether it was working at one point or not. > This does not however feel like the correct answer. > > >Have you run any diagnostics on the drive? > > > >does > >> not know how. He has no idea what a DMA is, even after I tried to > >explain > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204679 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
