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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 08:59 PM Original message |
Recovering a blown hard drive without spending major $$$$$ |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmm...that's an "outside-the-box solution I hadn't considered. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Actually |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I don't think this iMac actually -has- a slave position.... |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Most of the drive controllers made these days |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Well, I just did a few minutes of googlin'... |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I have a love/hate relationship with iTunes |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. A professional service I'd recommend |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yeah, I mentioned OnTrack in my post |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yeah, I did that at my job |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I still have my OnTrack DiskManager software disk |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Make sure you get the exact same model if you trythis fix... |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Absolutely! |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. The best part about the replace-the-electronics scenario is |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes, but this requires a bit more knowledge |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Bah. I still have a 22x, youngster! |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:48 PM Original message |
Not really. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. maybe for certain brands... |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. If you can't find an identical revision level |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 06:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. it was a later revision... |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 07:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Odd. The newer revisions are usually |
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MikeDuffy (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Replacing the drive's circuit board has worked for me also |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Absolutely excellent!!! |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. And then there is Unstoppable Copier.. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Thanks for that, and thanks for your vinyl ripping information. |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Thanks for the welcome. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Avoiding the heartbreak of disk failure, for me, is a RAID system. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's something I'll need to implement once I solve my current problem. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. RAIDs are great |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Thanks David...I've bookmarked in case of Emergency. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-09-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thanks for this thread. k/r |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
25. What if I'm using a Data General? There doesn't seem to be a USB port. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. Hey, thanks. |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
28. I applaud your ingenuity, but why is it that tech heads never, ever backup their data? nt |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Well, we do on backup data |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 07:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Because tech heads trust tech...it's our failing. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. And because |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. One of my drives crashed recently |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Maybe its just me, but when you work with them |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. You can do it for a good bit less than that .. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Thanks for sharing this information |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. The boot sector is probably |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
40. And remember to always do your backups!! |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I now run my browser and email |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
43. I Have A Slave Drive Right Now That I Had To Disconnect. Computer Would Hang Up During Booting |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-10-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The symptoms you are describing |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. It's A Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8. Just Almost Fried My Computer With It Too, After This Thread LOL. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-11-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. By all means |
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