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Everything on my hard drive got destroyed
May 28 2004
Posted on 05/28/2004 9:58:21 AM PDT by dennisw
60 gigabytes. Never had problems with it. Yesterday Windows XP froze a few times. Then the computer refused to boot up again. Boot sector wiped out? I can deal with that! I then installed this drive as a slave and it wasn't recognized... was invisible.
With Partition Magic this hard drive shows up as 60 gig of (exact words) unallocated space. It had 3 partitions which are now all gone.
I used the Western Digital Utilities and the hard drive checks out as being in good shape. No errors.
I was using Norton Anti Virus. Using a firewall on a cable connection.
I don't see any references on internet to hard drives being killed all at once.
The hard drive was 50% backed up.I will consider a data recovery company if the price is reasonable.
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To: dennisw
"Broken lines, broken strings,
Broken threads, broken springs,
Broken idols, broken heads,
People sleeping in broken beds.
Ain't no use jiving
Ain't no use joking
Everything is broken.
Seem like every time you stop and turn around
Something else just hit the ground"
-- Bob Dylan
Everything is Broken
81
posted on
05/28/2004 12:47:22 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: dansangel
Best Buy did mine for $60.00 last year. Does that price include the blackmail charges for keeping their mouhs shut about what they find on the customers hard drive?
82
posted on
05/28/2004 12:58:26 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
("You are an American. You are my brother. I would die for you." -Kurdish Sergeant)
To: general_re
The trick is to be sure that the only place you write to is the MBR cylinder, so in a worst-case scenario, you end up no worse off than where you started - with a fried MBR. If you know what you're doing, and you're careful, it's not all that dangerous. Thanks for the tip. I've never had a fried MBR on a modern OS, so I'll keep this in mind for when it eventually does happen.
To: Grig
Did a test run with demo version of getback. It seems to work. The files are there. Have to pay for the fully functional version to recover them
Looks good!
84
posted on
05/28/2004 2:05:38 PM PDT
by
dennisw
("Allah FUBAR!")
To: antiRepublicrat
I do use a mirrored RAID array. However, I back up the primary once a week to an external hard drive.
The reason I do this is that in a mirrored array, anything that is written is written to both drives at once. If a newly installed program trashes the OS, both drives won't boot.
I actually had that happen once.
Anyway, counting the external backup, my main computer has 3 hard drives. :)
85
posted on
05/28/2004 2:10:43 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(There's nobody more peaceful and less troubling than a dead trouble-maker.)
To: dennisw
Well, i am a little late getting here, and I am learning , haven't had this problem yet.
I have both Maxtor and Western Digital drives and a Western Digital 120 GB drive I have has been making strange noises but is still functioning.
I am trying Datalink 7 to back it up , but first trys didn't allow the backup to boot up.
86
posted on
05/28/2004 3:59:51 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: martin_fierro
2 cups butter?????? wow!!! hmmmmmm if this is a for real recipe I am tempted to try it.
87
posted on
05/28/2004 4:04:06 PM PDT
by
pollywog
(Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
To: dennisw
Thanks. Am trying get back right now. Hard drive does show up on bios and diagnostic utilities said it was in good shape.Keep all your helpers posted on whether this works, if Bios sees the drive it must be a "software" problem.
88
posted on
05/28/2004 4:08:18 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: antiRepublicrat
89
posted on
05/28/2004 4:22:03 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: pollywog
To: Sloth
Interesting... I got a new computer a couple of months ago & was figuring I'd just get rid of the old one, but now I think I may keep it hooked to our home network, share the hard drive root directory and just periodically back up data on it.>
Good move, Sloth.
I have two computers networked and I often copy vital data from the Primary to the Secondary computer.
When I was recommending hard drive to hard drive backup I was speaking only of my own experience. I CLONE drives. If the primary fails I can remove it and put in the "B TEAM" and boot from my last backup.
However you do it, a good backup is a good friend.
I prefer to backup to hard drive because it is easy and simple. That is to say that it is simple and easy AFTER you have it set up. While you are setting it up it can be difficult (depending on your skill level) and it is expensive. An 80G WD drive sells for about $100 at my local computer extortionist. That does not count the cost of the box that you put it in.
Removeable hard drive rack, $20.
USB case for hard drive (cable not included) $40.
Cable for same $5.
Peace of mind, knowing that you can restore your system from the last backup, priceless.
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posted on
05/28/2004 4:46:32 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(There's nobody more peaceful and less troubling than a dead trouble-maker.)
To: dennisw
92
posted on
05/28/2004 4:49:08 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: dennisw
Did a test run with demo version of getback. It seems to work. The files are there. Have to pay for the fully functional version to recover them.Great!
93
posted on
05/28/2004 4:49:43 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
To: dennisw
Never keep anything of importance on a hard drive. Especially if you run Winblows. That'll teach ya.
Anyway, reboot and replace Windows if possible.
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posted on
05/28/2004 5:03:43 PM PDT
by
Dec31,1999
(Capital punishment saves lives.)
To: Petronski
Have to pay for the fully functional version to recover them. Great!
Own stock in the company?
95
posted on
05/28/2004 5:29:46 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: Revolting cat!
Nope. But it did recover 15 gigs of highly precious data for me in March. Nothing else I could find would work at all.
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posted on
05/28/2004 5:32:41 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
To: Voter#537
My first guess would be adware/spyware/malware.
Download and run the free version of Ad-aware.
To: dennisw; bobsatwork
Data recovery will cost about $600.I'll do it for half that, with the Vaseline included.
New hard drives are cheap. Start there...
98
posted on
05/28/2004 5:34:01 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(John Kerry would be great at giving the State of the Union Address, and the rebuttal...)
To: Libloather
Definitely sounds like an adware/spyware issue to me.
99
posted on
05/28/2004 5:35:24 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(They could choose between shame and war: Some chose shame, but got war anyway.)
To: Dec31,1999
...replace Windows if possible.Go with Champion?
100
posted on
05/28/2004 5:35:58 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(John Kerry would be great at giving the State of the Union Address, and the rebuttal...)
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