he wants me to recover his data ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: RE: partition help
> Out of curiosity, what do you mean by 'fix' in this instance? What was > originally wrong with the thing? > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:07 AM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: Re: partition help > : > : > : there is no abnormal sound. My computer is fine, the drive was given to me > : to fix so its not in the same computer that it was in. Yes its an IBM > : Deathstar hard drive, but I don't believe its having a mechanical failure, > : just the partition is screwed. I already ran troubleshooter non > : destructive > : tests on it and everything checks out fine with the drive. > : > : ----- Original Message ----- > : From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:57 AM > : Subject: RE: partition help > : > : > : > I am not a harbinger. I am Doom, destroyer of disks, defiler of files, > : and > : > Bane of network systems. > : > > : > But that's beside the point. > : > > : > Yah, it's starting to sound like a hardware problem. If, for > : example, the > : > controller is fine but it's headcrashing it might behave like that, > : > especially if the partition information has been destroyed. > : > > : > If it were me, I'd take it out of the case and listen for any clicks or > : > grinds coming from it as you try to do any sort of read access. > : > > : > > : > -- Ben Doom > : > Programmer & General Lackey > : > Moonbow Software, Inc > : > > : > : -----Original Message----- > : > : From: Craig Dudley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : > : Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:41 AM > : > : To: CF-Community > : > : Subject: RE: partition help > : > : > : > : > : > : Oooh IBM hd, not that I want to be the harbinger of doom or anything > : > : (that's Ben's job) but they do have an awful reputation for failing, > : > : I've had 2 fail myself with quite similar symptoms, has it got a bit > : > : more noisy recently too? > : > : > : > : -----Original Message----- > : > : From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : > : Sent: 05 February 2003 14:24 > : > : To: CF-Community > : > : Subject: Re: partition help > : > : > : > : also, I watched the bios on boot up and it shows disk 0 is my 3 gig > : > : win2k > : > : boot and disk 1 is the 20gig ibm that has a bad partition. > : > : > : > : ----- Original Message ----- > : > : From: "Craig Dudley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > : To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > : Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:11 AM > : > : Subject: RE: partition help > : > : > : > : > : > : > If disk manager doesn't see it, then it's not working. It's > : Possibly a > : > : > hardware conflict. > : > : > > : > : > Try swapping it over to the master disk and booting with a dos disk, > : > : can > : > : > u then read the files? > : > : > > : > : > Possibly your master disk is setup to be the master and have no > : > : slaves, > : > : > there might be a jumper on the master disk to set it up as > : master with > : > : > slave. > : > : > > : > : > -----Original Message----- > : > : > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : > : > Sent: 05 February 2003 14:04 > : > : > To: CF-Community > : > : > Subject: Re: partition help > : > : > > : > : > its on the primary controller with the master disk. Its a slave disk > : > : and > : > : > no > : > : > disk manager doesn't see a physical or logical drive > : > : > > : > : > > : > : > ----- Original Message ----- > : > : > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > : > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > : > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:04 AM > : > : > Subject: RE: partition help > : > : > > : > : > > : > : > > Win2k Disk manager doesn't see the physical drive or the logical > : > : > drives? > : > : > > > : > : > > Is the drive on a secondary IDE controller? If so are the drivers > : > : for > : > : > > the IDE controller installed? > : > : > > > : > : > > > -----Original Message----- > : > : > > > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : > : > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:52 AM > : > : > > > To: CF-Community > : > : > > > Subject: Re: partition help > : > : > > > > : > : > > > fdisk see's it as a non-dos partition.. going into win2k and > : > : looking > : > : > > at > : > : > > > it, > : > : > > > it doesn't recognize a drive or partition. norton disk > : doctor for > : > : > > windows > : > : > > > doesn't see anything either. > : > : > > > > : > : > > > ----- Original Message ----- > : > : > > > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > : > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : > : > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:49 AM > : > : > > > Subject: RE: partition help > : > : > > > > : > : > > > > : > : > > > > Do you have a system that can read the drive? > : > : > > > > > : > : > > > > If it is Fat16 or Fat32 most partition managers should be able > : > : to > : > : > > > > recognize it and deal with it. Take a look at Partition Magic, > : > : its > : > : > > > > pretty good. > : > : > > > > > : > : > > > > However if they can't see it, it probably means the > : partition is > : > : > > > > corrupt. > : > : > > > > > : > : > > > > > -----Original Message----- > : > : > > > > > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : > : > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:59 PM > : > : > > > > > To: CF-Community > : > : > > > > > Subject: partition help > : > : > > > > > > : > : > > > > > anyone know how or what I can use to convert a non-dos > : > : partition > : > : > > to a > : > : > > > > > dos/fat partition ? > : > : > > > > > > : > : > > > > > > : > : > > > > > : > : > > > > : > : > > > : > : > > : > : > > : > : > : > : > : > > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
