Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:28:58 GMT
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present
Fubar,
It looks awfully as if the bios is seeing *nothing* where a disk ought to
be...I know this is a long shot, but if you wake up the bios (lots of escs
as the machine is booting usually does the trick) does it actually show
anything in hard drive section?
One possibility: I've had a hard drive fail because one of the pins got
pushed back into the connector and so was only making intermittent contact.
It's worth a try!
Neil
>From: "Fubar Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present
>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:13:00 -0700
>
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 05:07:52 GMT
>From: "Fubar Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Lib.HD problem - FDISK=no fixed disks present
>
>Hi everyone (and a special hello to the chickens!)
>
>Thanks to everyone who has posted re my hard drive problem.
>I ran FDISK (from A: and C:) and get the message "no fixed disks present"
>C:DIR reports "volume in drive C is MS-RAMDRIVE"
>
>So, I checked myself into a new place with aircon and a 'fridge in the room
>(luxury!) but unfortunately am still unable to get any sign of life from
>the
>real C drive (even though this *is* something I *do* have previous
>experience of - I successfully retrieved a vital file, modified since last
>backup, from the 20Mb ;-) hard drive of an Amstrad 1640, about 10 years
>ago; isn't technological advance a wonderful thing - I can use a *much*
>smaller 'fridge now!)
>
>Does this narrow it down to a hardware problem?
>Is there any possibility it could be caused by something as simple as a bad
>connection which I might be able to locate if I investigate further?
>What is the concensus in respect of me ever seeing my data again?
>
>As always - thanks for any and all thoughts/comments/suggestions
>
>Sincerely... Steve
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