Re: [H] dead drive
Hi, If the drive is not showing up in the BIOS, but seems to be spinning, you can try this: Get an identical model/series drive (exact identical model and size), and transplant the controller board from one drive to the other. I have had this work on quite a number of drives that just would not show up in the BIOS. This is why my DVD backup images (3 year olds are murder on DVDs) are on RAID6 Harry On 9/10/10 7:10 PM, Winterlight wrote: > I have a 18 month old 1TB Seagate HD that has apparently died. I had > about 800GB of video on it, two thirds of the space were backups of > my DVD collection and I still have the DVDs so it could of been a lot > worse. I was running it in an external drive bay, pretty much 24/7 > when it just disappeared. I have never lost a drive by just > disappearing, two others I have lost in the past all died slowly with > failed access warnings or just screwing things up but this just went > silently. > > After trying restarts and reboots I put it in another USB2 external > drive bay with no change, then I stuck it in a PC and the same > problem. If the BIOS can't see it then I can't recover anything so I > guess I'm done... unless somebody has another idea? >
Re: [H] Cooks tour of IMAP and POP(3)?
IMAP is absolutely the superior system :) I use it with Outlook on two windows machines, Mail.app on two Macs and on my iphone, my read status for messages and whatnot is all kept synced up and it's really rather swish. I'm surprised you're using ISP provided email though, rather than gmail or whatnot? On 11 Sep 2010, at 02:53:490, DSinc wrote: I have switched ISP's. I now use fiber. The service is blindingly fast! Saved 40yrs for this day. I have both IMAP or POP/POP3 available for email. Thoughts/suggestions? I suspect more reading/learning... :) Best, Duncan
[H] dead drive
I have a 18 month old 1TB Seagate HD that has apparently died. I had about 800GB of video on it, two thirds of the space were backups of my DVD collection and I still have the DVDs so it could of been a lot worse. I was running it in an external drive bay, pretty much 24/7 when it just disappeared. I have never lost a drive by just disappearing, two others I have lost in the past all died slowly with failed access warnings or just screwing things up but this just went silently. After trying restarts and reboots I put it in another USB2 external drive bay with no change, then I stuck it in a PC and the same problem. If the BIOS can't see it then I can't recover anything so I guess I'm done... unless somebody has another idea?
[H] Cooks tour of IMAP and POP(3)?
I have switched ISP's. I now use fiber. The service is blindingly fast! Saved 40yrs for this day. I have both IMAP or POP/POP3 available for email. Thoughts/suggestions? I suspect more reading/learning... :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] write protected thumb drive ?
/disable is then just a flag away. >>>>> >>>>>HTH. >>>>> >>>>>FORC5 wrote: >>>>>>Have a flash drive my son got at ASU, has the school manual on it. Copied >>>>>>that off. Can not use the drive because it is write protected. >>>>>>There is no switch on the unit >>>>>>Diskpart does not see it. have nothing with fdisk on it anymore (do not >>>>>>think anyway) >>>>>>drive management will not let me delete the partition. >>>>>>Partition magic (8) does not see it. pretty sure done with sw, anybody >>>>>>have a clue. >>>>>>This will move me up a step on the daddo ladder :-D , son is a Computer >>>>>>Engineer student ( freshman) >>>>>>thanks >>>>>>still looking >>>>>>fp >>>>>__ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>>>>signature database 5421 (20100903) __ >>>>> >>>>>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>>>> >>>>>http://www.eset.com >>> >>>__ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >>>database 5429 (20100906) __ >>> >>>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>> >>>http://www.eset.com >>> > >__ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 5441 (20100910) __ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A penny for your thoughts; $20 to act it out.
Re: [H] write protected thumb drive ?
In case this response has not made it through due to TB always replying with the wrong email address (just for THG, LOL)... Vista & 7's diskpart.exe WILL repartition thumb drives without any hack or 3rd party tools to flip what ever bit prevents them being seen as partiionable as long as "clean" is issued after selecting the drive & before doing any partitioning. I had several Sandisk Micro Cruzers and Kingstons I'd written off as impossible until I the following under Vista & 7: 1. run DISKPART 2. LIST DISK 3. SELECT DISK # (Replace # with your disk number from LIST) 4. CLEAN 5. CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY 6. SELECT PARTITION 1 7. ACTIVE 8. FORMAT FS=NTFS 9. ASSIGN 10. EXIT On 9/6/2010 3:39 PM, FORC5 wrote: yes. USB drive. Like that last idea cept it has ASU written all over it from the colledge. Will check out U3 unlocker. Does seem to show up as two drives, not two partitions. Seems weird. Originally thought partitions cause it shows up as two drive letters. Thanks again At 03:14 PM 9/6/2010, Soren Poked the stick with: If drives are "mounted", no changes are possible to make, and Gparted will show these as "locked". With a right click on the drive bar, you can unlock the drive by choosing "unmount", and then it should be possible to set flags, format, etc. If a drive or partition is "auto-mounted" when inserted, this drive or partition would automatically show up as "locked" in Gparted. If this is the case, do an internet search for a "U3 unlocker", as this feature is present on many USB drives these days. Reading your original message again, you only say it's a flash drive. Does this mean USB, Compact Flash, or SD? Also, if you have a system that can boot from that particular type of drive, try doing that, as the drive then will be handled as a HDD with different results in the mentioned utils. If this util doesn't work, there's also QTparted (depending of the CD you use), which has a few different features. If it's Knoppix, the 5.3.1 DVD is highly recommendable. though it takes some time to boot. No need to step down the daddo ladder yet :) There's still plenty of tricks available, like Testdisk, etc. If everything fails, there's always an IDE adapter available for almost any interface. I use a handfull of these for different media myself, as this often is the shortest way to get complete control of the media. If it's an USB pen that has been write protected via use of a USB-to-IDE adapter, you'll have to alter it using a system that can handle the thing in a similar manner to be able to zero out the drive, including MBR's, and then FAT32 format it back to normal. Right now, I'd try one the utils from IBM/Hitachi that can give you a quite precise drive diagnostics (and do some zeroing, too), if you have a system that can specifically boot from a USB device (still assuming that you're talking about a USB pen). If nothing of this works, consider buying an identical thingy for your son - I know, last way out ;) HTH. FORC5 wrote: was a good try but was able to notice that this time it is not two partitions but is seen as two drives and Gparted says physically write protected check jumpers. Must be locked by the manufacturer. Are no jumpers. need program, me like 8-) thanks fp At 02:50 PM 9/3/2010, Soren Poked the stick with: Mr. Fred, maybe using one of the so called "live-distros", e.g. knoppix.org, would help? The util Gparted will tell u which properties the drive has, including write protection. Enable/disable is then just a flag away. HTH. FORC5 wrote: Have a flash drive my son got at ASU, has the school manual on it. Copied that off. Can not use the drive because it is write protected. There is no switch on the unit Diskpart does not see it. have nothing with fdisk on it anymore (do not think anyway) drive management will not let me delete the partition. Partition magic (8) does not see it. pretty sure done with sw, anybody have a clue. This will move me up a step on the daddo ladder :-D , son is a Computer Engineer student ( freshman) thanks still looking fp __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5421 (20100903) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5429 (20100906) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
Re: [H] Doc compatibility app?
JRS / Scott, Thanks. OS is Win XPpro sp3 and MS Office 2k3. I will wind the exe up and turn the moose loose! Best, Duncan On 09/10/2010 14:04, JRS wrote: Yep, that be the critter. Just install it and you will be able to open Office 2007 files in your Office 2003 apps.. Mine is a bit older than yours, 12.0.6015.5000... But it does work to let you open and save .docx and .xlsx files... -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: DSinc To: HWG Sent: Fri, September 10, 2010 10:51:13 AM Subject: [H] Doc compatibility app? I have finally received my first "new/modern" MS Office output. It is a dot-docx file. I suspect an MS Word file. My MS Office 2k3 can not read it, so I was shunted off to some MS site to get the file FileFormatConverters.exe (37900KB). Big sucker! Shows v12.0.6500.5000. The digital sig signing time is Friday, 08/21/2009 16:06:04. I am presently just staring at this file! Anyone know how to use this dot-exe? Do I just run it from the desktop and hope for the best? Or, follow whatever inline prompts? At this point, I really can not plan on a full MS Office re-install. Any additional info is greatly appreciated. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Doc compatibility app?
Yep, that be the critter. Just install it and you will be able to open Office 2007 files in your Office 2003 apps.. Mine is a bit older than yours, 12.0.6015.5000... But it does work to let you open and save .docx and .xlsx files... -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message > From: DSinc > To: HWG > Sent: Fri, September 10, 2010 10:51:13 AM > Subject: [H] Doc compatibility app? > > I have finally received my first "new/modern" MS Office output. It is a >dot-docx file. I suspect an MS Word file. > > My MS Office 2k3 can not read it, so I was shunted off to some MS site to > get >the file FileFormatConverters.exe (37900KB). Big sucker! Shows >v12.0.6500.5000. The digital sig signing time is Friday, 08/21/2009 16:06:04. > > I am presently just staring at this file! > > Anyone know how to use this dot-exe? Do I just run it from the desktop and >hope for the best? Or, follow whatever inline prompts? At this point, I >really can not plan on a full MS Office re-install. > > Any additional info is greatly appreciated. > Best, > Duncan >
Re: [H] Doc compatibility app?
Yes, just run the FileFormatConverters.exe, it will install some stuff, and then your existing office installation should be able to handle DOCX files (you're correct -- DOCX is a word file) The one caveat I can think of is that FileFormatConverters.exe does not seem to install correctly on Windows 2000 with Office XP (we tried and could never get it to work) but if you're running a different OS and version of Office it should hopefully work. Scott On Sep 10, 2010, at 1:51 PM, DSinc wrote: > I have finally received my first "new/modern" MS Office output. It is a > dot-docx file. I suspect an MS Word file. > > My MS Office 2k3 can not read it, so I was shunted off to some MS site to get > the file FileFormatConverters.exe (37900KB). Big sucker! Shows > v12.0.6500.5000. The digital sig signing time is Friday, 08/21/2009 16:06:04. > > I am presently just staring at this file! > > Anyone know how to use this dot-exe? Do I just run it from the desktop and > hope for the best? Or, follow whatever inline prompts? At this point, I > really can not plan on a full MS Office re-install. > > Any additional info is greatly appreciated. > Best, > Duncan
[H] Doc compatibility app?
I have finally received my first "new/modern" MS Office output. It is a dot-docx file. I suspect an MS Word file. My MS Office 2k3 can not read it, so I was shunted off to some MS site to get the file FileFormatConverters.exe (37900KB). Big sucker! Shows v12.0.6500.5000. The digital sig signing time is Friday, 08/21/2009 16:06:04. I am presently just staring at this file! Anyone know how to use this dot-exe? Do I just run it from the desktop and hope for the best? Or, follow whatever inline prompts? At this point, I really can not plan on a full MS Office re-install. Any additional info is greatly appreciated. Best, Duncan
