I you have quite a bit to back up, do not dispair. I had that problem. It was a hard disk failure. I bought an external usb-ide cable. I put the hard disk in a sealed ziplock bag with all the air drawn out. I froze the hard disk in the freezer. I took it out, put it on the cable, and quickly was able to copy off everything. Then it died. Lucky!! http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/04/18/hard-disk-in-the-freezer/ http://www.trap17.com/index.php/hard-drive-freezer-trick_t26193.html http://www.trap17.com/index.php/how-recover-data-failed-hard-drive_t37820.ht ml -----Original Message----- From: Richard P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 1:39 PM Subject: Hard Drive Failure?
This is a followup from my earlier post (see below). The computer has crashed again with the exact same error since then and it has been suggested that either the hard drive or controller might be the problem. The new diagnostic info is that immediately before failure, a high pitched whistle or scream was heard coming from the hard drive. The computer was on over night with AVG doing it's nightly sweep. I now have the computer in my possession which won't boot up, and I would like suggestion on the best way to proceed. My thought was to install a new hard drive and then reinstall the operating system. Comments and suggestions please. Thanks in advance, Richard P. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
