Looks like a hard drive failure happening in slow motion. However before replacing the hard drive, replace the cables. They can go bad at any time. (It's the easiest and cheapest thing to try first). Do it soon as bad cables can screw up your OS installation, damage data and make you wish the HD had failed. If this doesn't fix the problem assume the HD is dying and get your data off it ASAP. I had a drive partitioned into three virtual drives, with a live image of the OS on a second smaller drive. The original drive failed and completely screwed the system partition. Luckily the non OS partitions remained readable. I was able to transfer the OS image from the smaller drive to a new drive and recover all the data before the original drive went completely toes up.
David J Brooks wrote: > Ok, so again today, the PC did it again. It worked fine for the first > two times, then the third hung up on startup. Just made it to the > intel splash screen. I turned it off, disconneted the power, waited > and tried it again. Still no go. I turned it off, then when i got the > dos start message hit f8. About 30-40 seconds later i get a dos screen > wanting to know how i want to boot up, bootable device, hard drive, > and something else. I hit hard drive and XP started. > > Does this give you anymore ideas what might be going on. > > If you feel its the hard drive, i quess i can get a new one installed, > and hope he can move the data over. If its the clock battery, when i > change that will i have to reset all my Bios and Cmos. > > Any ideas are appreciated. > > I do'nt think this MDG came with a manual. > > One question if i have to get a new computer and go imac. > > I'll install windows to run my 1-2 programs, unless Aaron can fiind me > MAC equivelents. If i plug in my external maxtor, will both XP and OSX > read the files. > > Dave > > On 5/11/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 5/11/07, Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On May 11, 2007, at 7:33, David J Brooks wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I told her a new imac will be cheaper than what i paid for the MDG >>>> clone. Got a no response, which I THINK is good. >>>> >>>> >>> ..sometimes that silence is just the start of a slow burn. Advance >>> cautiously! >>> >> :-) >> >> Dave >> >>> -Charles >>> >>> -- >>> Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Minneapolis, MN >>> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >>> >>> I am riding in the MS-TRAM this summer. Please consider sponsoring me! >>> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/mstram.htm >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> -- >> Equine Photography >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> Ontario Canada >> >> > > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
