My father would sometimes give non-responsive radios a fair wack by lifting and then giving it a not so gentle slam against the table. The darn thing would then work after plugging it in. As a small child I thought it was magic... Maybe you wan'a try that!!! :) LOL
PabloSr "Sea cortés, ande con cuidado, edúquese lo más que pueda, respete para que lo respeten, y que Dios nos ampare a todos!" Dra. A.M. Polo * -----Original Message----- * From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech- * [email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt @ VR-FX * Sent: November 15, 2012 9:19 PM * To: [email protected] * Subject: Re: [NF] SATA Drive & a Dead PC... * * Um - actually - as I wrote in previous e-mails, as * this things has been DRIVING ME NUTS - the Bios * won't even see the HD - so, at this point - I'm * pretty much F'ed! * * :-( * -K- * * * On 11/15/2012 7:32 PM, Nicholas Geti wrote: * > Have you considered booting up from a SpinRite * CD, http://www.grc.com/ * > It is a DOS, low-level, hard drive checker. * > If the BIOS recognizes the drive, then SprinRite * will be able to run * > sector tests and attempt to repair them. * > Nicholas Geti * > * > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt @ VR- * FX" <[email protected]> * > To: <[email protected]> * > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 7:23 PM * > Subject: Re: [NF] SATA Drive & a Dead PC... * > * > * >> Although - in my case - I want Both - since I * have at least one * >> program that is tied to the system - and its a * Drag to lose that * >> permanently! * >> * >> On 11/14/2012 4:06 PM, Richard Kaye wrote: * >>> Safe Mode may boot, which would be the * goal of the exercise as I * >>> assume you're mainly interested in retrieving * data, not * >>> applications. :-) * >>> * >>> -- * >>> rk * >>> * >>> * >>> -----Original Message----- * >>> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech- * [email protected]] On Behalf Of * >>> Kurt @ VR-FX * >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 3:34 * PM * >>> To: [email protected] * >>> Subject: Re: [NF] SATA Drive & a Dead PC... * >>> * >>> I've tried Safe Mode in the past - and NEVER * Found it very helpful... * >>> * >>> -K- * >>> * >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

