re: 1720 Hard Drive Failure, Can't Boot
Friday, December 5, 2003 at 11:37 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6122 messages posted)
If you formated NTFS, a simple DOS disk won't see the drive. You will need a program
also on the DOS boot disk to read NTFS from DOS. If the drive doesn't spin/stay
spinning or has a severe electronics problem, you have zero chance of getting any
data of the drive. In that case you would have to send the drive to a professional
service. C K
On Friday, December 5, 2003 at 11:16 pm, JeffTronics wrote:
>Zed,
>
>Thanks for you response. I agree this Disk has crashed. The Windows Repair Install
>doesn't not work either. It's unable to write to the disc. So i'm convinced the
Drive
>has crashed. At startup, i can hear it spin, then stop - that's it. Though i'm convinced
>I still have a chance to recover data. Thanks for the Win 98 DOS Boot Tip. I've
never
>done this before, and have a question or two about it.
>
>1). Can is use a Win 98 SE CD to boot the machine, and get to the DOS prompt as
you
>suggested?
>
>2). Can you point me to any DOS for dummies guide on how to proceed with getting
>my files? I'm sorry, but i'm a beginner at this one, but excellent at following
instructions.
>
>3) Regarding Disk Utilities. My next step is to use some 3rd party tools to see
If
>I can resurrect the drive to get the data off.
>
>4) going to the store tomorrow to get a new Drive!
>
>Again, thanks for the info, look foward to more.
>
>Best,
>
>JeffTronics
>
>
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