Posts by vpr80

OHHH THANKS GOD....I thought I was going to have to kill myself....I just couldn't take it anymore....freakin' dell :-)

well looks like using a linux live cd worked like a charm....i am using Knoppix to download all the files off the bad drive onto a new one in an external usb enclosure....thanks for the help!!! PS - windows f---ing sucks at recovering...

well EasyRecovery looks like it costs a fortune (20 files at a time one will not help). I have knoppix ready to try and then maybe Ultimate Boot CD....i am hoping something can read the file structure of the drive so I can download a...

hummm looks interesting....if I can't make it work linux then i will definately try spinrite

thanks a lot for the help guys..... ok so sounds like linux is the answer but while i go and search what "pclinuxos" is i have quick questions. 1) given that I can boot into linux, will I see the files and original directory...

ok more tries and no luck. i tried FIXBOOT and FIXMBR and neither one would work. They both detected that the partition is NTFS, but both said that it can not fix the boot sector or MBR and that the disk might be damaged. i am not...

well it was making all sorts of noices spinning back and forth when it was first turned on, but now its been scanning for 35 min and its really quite. no clicking or any abnormal sounds so i don't think its damaged physically....just a...

ok more info....windows disk manager can read the drive no problem but does not know what format it is. also another program i have is saying that its RAW format. so basically i think the MBR or something got killed....so how do I make...

CRAP.....i managed to run CHKDSK from a DOS prompt with /R parameter but then it got to Step 2 of 5 and exited all of a sudden with "Unexpected error occured." AHHHHH not good....I need this damn drive to work for 5 min then...

Ok here is the deal. I have the Inspiron 8600 (16mo old) with the 60GB 7200 Hitachi drive. Last night it gives me the blue screen then on reboot it keeps blinking the blue screen then rebooting. I went into diagnostics and it failed on...