I turned on my R3000 the other night, and I got a DOS Prompt that told me there was something wrong with my Ethernet LAN, and to check the cable. My laptop wasn't plugged into anything at the time, so I was very confused. I tried the usual keyboard commands: enter, esc, ctrl alt delete, etc. but with no success. I called my buddy Niel, the tech support guy in India, & he had me run through some tests in the Bios. The problem was worse than I ever anticipated... 
The computer isn't recognizing my hard drive!!!
Windows won't boot, the os disk does nothing, my computer is a vegetable. Neil said all he can do is send me new hard drive. He also said I might be able to stick my existing hard drive in a different machine & extract my data. I have a lot of...um..."unregistered" data on there, and I can't afford to have my machine confiscated and/or reported. I'm a small business man as well as a student, and not having access to those files is costing me money and grades. Any thoughts (or preferably solutions)?
The computer isn't recognizing my hard drive!!!
Windows won't boot, the os disk does nothing, my computer is a vegetable. Neil said all he can do is send me new hard drive. He also said I might be able to stick my existing hard drive in a different machine & extract my data. I have a lot of...um..."unregistered" data on there, and I can't afford to have my machine confiscated and/or reported. I'm a small business man as well as a student, and not having access to those files is costing me money and grades. Any thoughts (or preferably solutions)?
