On Wednesday, May 31, 2006, 23:07:21, Chris wrote: > You probably don't want to here this, but you hard drive may be bad. > After you recover the messages, I'd back everything up and run > something like SpinRite on the drive.
Err, SpinRite is a scam, don't use it. What might work is the disk diagnostic tool offered by the disk manufacturer - those can forcibly relocate bad sectors (you usually first have to run the diagnostic, then if problems are found, those tools offer repair and low-level format; repair will replace those problematic sectors, and while you will loose data from them, the disk should work normally afterwards [you usually wouldn't be able to access the files with bad sectors at all anyway]). These disk diagnostic tools are free, but they're tied to your disk brand - if you have a Maxtor, tool from WD won't work on it. You need 1 floppy or 1 empty CD-R for them, since they have to be booted - you can't run them from within Windows. -- < Jernej Simončič ><><><><>< http://deepthought.ena.si/ > The more an item costs, the farther you have to send it for repairs. -- Goodman's Law of Value ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.80.06 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
