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davieboynj:
(note:  i am making the assumption that this is a hardware failure rather than a virus or rogue program)

one more thing...  is this appears to be a rather sudden failure (hourglass), have you tried just taking the hard drive out and let it think about what it's done?  I've found from time to time that they'll behave for a little while if you give them some rest. 

and was your smartdrive option set on?  failures like this are what smartdrive excels at catching. 

Tiger-Heli:
How does Slax compare to Knoppix (same thing, same idea, or totally different)?

davieboynj:
kinda same, but the whole point to slax is that it's tiny.  small enough to fit on a mini cd, and load into just about any memory size, then free up the cd drive for burning.

also, slax is prettier than just about anything out there, although it's missing a lot of the huge programs. 

SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: davieboynj on April 19, 2007, 01:43:43 pm ---go burn off a slax disc.  i've used it several times in situations somwhat simailar to this.  if the drive is still functioning at all, you'll be able to see them with this. 

http://www.slax.org/download.php

--- End quote ---

Nice, that one went under my radar. So many damn distros and no time to track them all. :dizzy:



--- Quote ---I wouldn't use spinrite up until the bitter end.  It's a great program, but only when all other options have been exhausted.  you'll definitely want to run it before you put your faith in this drive again. 

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Ditto. Don't bother with Spinrite unless you can locate a buddy who can loan you a copy and as a last resort.

Spinrite is very good at what it can do, but the way Gibson markets Spinrite, himself and his other programs, it's just better to stay away from GRC entirely unless you absolutely need to use one of his tools as a last resort. Take it from an ex-follower. Gibson is not everything he says he is, his words are not gospel, and his programs are not the end-all-cure-all he makes them out to be. I actually believed that ---uvula--- when he wrote that XP Raw Sockets would cause the collapse of the internet, cuase mass hysteria and force dogs and cats to live together. Now, I use everything Gibson says would end the internet, every day. The internet is still here.

Gibson is full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, no point in paying for anything to support his cause.

lcddream:
If all else fails you can try performing a quick format on the disk which I believe won't destroy all your data just make it "invisible".

Then you can attempt using data recovery software to get the files back.

Worth a shot if you are out of options.

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