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Mikie
Hi, This has been my worst dayyet, since having been into computers
from my first one, the TRS 80, back in the early 80's! Then a
commodore and then an Apple IIe, then the famous PC!!
BOTH of my internal 40g HDD's went south today, in one sitting. What
preceeded it was my External USB HDD which could not be accessed as it
didn't show in My Computer. It did , however, show in Device Manager!
Grrrr!, As an aside I connected it to a second Dell 2400 desktop, and
it worked fine. SO..it was obviously a software issue.
Today, another software issue.. or therare occasions of BOTH HDD's
going bad????
One of my internal HDD's went south. I kept seeing the error message,
PRESS F1 to Reboot or F2 to enter SETUP. It showed that NONE of my
HDD's was present. ANYWHERE!! I checked all the connections, the
jumper settings, the proper location of the Master and Slave positions
of the data cable, including the possibility of a kink in the IDE data
cable. Nothing. It has been a year since I last reformatted, and
reloaded WIN XP Home! So ? Why not? I did, but it didn't change
anything. After those 39 plus famous minutes, Same old, Same
Old....Press F1 to Reboot......
I pulled that HDD and tried the second one, changing the jumper
settings, etc. Same identical problem. I spent the whole day trying to
find the problem! Finally, on BOTH HDD's, the dreaded white print on
blue background. I pulled both drives AND the PC off my desk and
started using my other PC which works fine, andso does the USB
Exterior HDD!! BUT, the TWO errant HDD's from the first PC would not
work in the second PC..same BIOS, Same OP SYS, same everything. Same
problem.
But , my question, before I remand both drives to their final resting
place as door stops, (no warranty left), what can I do to possibly
salvage them? They both can' t have died on the same day! There MUST
be something I can try! I don't have any Diagnosis Software..are there
any that would help??
Help someone, Please? The thought of buying two, or even one new
drive sends shivvers up my Christmas Credit Card laden spine
HELP Please? Mikie
from my first one, the TRS 80, back in the early 80's! Then a
commodore and then an Apple IIe, then the famous PC!!
BOTH of my internal 40g HDD's went south today, in one sitting. What
preceeded it was my External USB HDD which could not be accessed as it
didn't show in My Computer. It did , however, show in Device Manager!
Grrrr!, As an aside I connected it to a second Dell 2400 desktop, and
it worked fine. SO..it was obviously a software issue.
Today, another software issue.. or therare occasions of BOTH HDD's
going bad????
One of my internal HDD's went south. I kept seeing the error message,
PRESS F1 to Reboot or F2 to enter SETUP. It showed that NONE of my
HDD's was present. ANYWHERE!! I checked all the connections, the
jumper settings, the proper location of the Master and Slave positions
of the data cable, including the possibility of a kink in the IDE data
cable. Nothing. It has been a year since I last reformatted, and
reloaded WIN XP Home! So ? Why not? I did, but it didn't change
anything. After those 39 plus famous minutes, Same old, Same
Old....Press F1 to Reboot......
I pulled that HDD and tried the second one, changing the jumper
settings, etc. Same identical problem. I spent the whole day trying to
find the problem! Finally, on BOTH HDD's, the dreaded white print on
blue background. I pulled both drives AND the PC off my desk and
started using my other PC which works fine, andso does the USB
Exterior HDD!! BUT, the TWO errant HDD's from the first PC would not
work in the second PC..same BIOS, Same OP SYS, same everything. Same
problem.
But , my question, before I remand both drives to their final resting
place as door stops, (no warranty left), what can I do to possibly
salvage them? They both can' t have died on the same day! There MUST
be something I can try! I don't have any Diagnosis Software..are there
any that would help??
Help someone, Please? The thought of buying two, or even one new
drive sends shivvers up my Christmas Credit Card laden spine
HELP Please? Mikie