> I guessed that, this would be a problem of hard drive, and > yes later I have booted my laptop using win98 startup disk > , and tried to browse harddrive, but ended up with the > message invalid drive specification (when i tried c: and > d:). > > Huhh does this mean that my hard drive is gone > useless..?:-(, ohh no..!
It would seem like it. Have you tried a knoppix boot disk to see if your windows partitions are visible to knoppix? Also check that the IDE cables haven't come lose somehow. > Ok any way please suggest me if u have any hints, or if > you know any guys who can fix a laptop HDD. Try the yellow pages, under "Computer Repair" :-) Since you posted this question to a linux group, I'll have to suggest installing linux after you get it fixed, though I suspect IHBT. Yuri
