| Main > Main Forum |
| I think my hard drive failed |
| << < (2/3) > >> |
| mvsfan:
also i dont know much about oem systems with a compressed hard drive but if its possible to somehow put that image onto a compact flash or something like it it will change catastrophic failure into a simple remove and replace operation provided youve made backups. also the cards dont fail as much. |
| DeLuSioNal29:
There's a guy on e-bay that sells used replacement drives for various hard drive based PCBs. He also sells marquees and repairs PCBs so knows his stuff. http://stores.shop.ebay.com/ARCADE-SERVICES__W0QQ_armrsZ1 His username on ebay is arcade-services1 Good luck! D |
| mvsfan:
yeah if this is true, i hope it is, forget what i said. this guys got replacement Chds for 25 bucks, just take it. |
| DeLuSioNal29:
You mean replacement HDDs, not CHDs. He has the real deal which attaches to a genuine PCB. CHDs are for MAME. D |
| Necroticart:
CHDs are for mame but all they are is a compressed image taken from the games hard drive and as far as I've read they can be imaged to a new hard drive or the new thing is to use a compact flash kit also the program used is chdman.exe hope this helps with your problem here are a few links about it never had to restore an image myself before but good to know you can http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/15708-13-restore-actual-hard-drive http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140119 also this info would be a nice addition some place in the wiki as it helps all those trying to restore a machine with a messed up hard disk |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |