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Post by hamono100 on Jul 18, 2006 16:44:27 GMT -5
help me my hard drive did not boot but i see it in the cmos screen and the hdd led or lamp flash as normal i tried to use FDISK or Partition magic or maxblast to repartition it again but no use my hdd is quantum fireball lct 30 GB
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Post by techgeekwill on Jul 18, 2006 16:49:28 GMT -5
Please be a little more specific.
Are you not able to load windows? Does it at least start to boot windows?
But it does show up in the BIOS. What happened before this began? And how long has this been happening?
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Post by hamono100 on Jul 18, 2006 17:02:05 GMT -5
it did not boot at all but i see it in in the bios screen when i use the utilites it did not respond at all
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Post by radek on Jul 18, 2006 17:14:11 GMT -5
My thought is that the boot sectors on the hard drive might be corrupt.
You have a pretty old drive, and its probably at the end of its life.
A couple things. If you want to try and get the data off of it, you could take it out of the computer and put it into another computer that uses a different drive to boot from, and get the data that way. If you want to do that, let me know and I'll try and create a step-by-step process.
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Post by techgeekwill on Jul 18, 2006 19:30:29 GMT -5
It sound's as though you do in fact, have a bad hard drive. However, does it even get to the point where Windows loads? For example where you see the Large Icon of the Operating System and the "loading" bar.
Your drive may be recoverable, and you may be able to use it later. However right now, if you have another computer, attach it as a slave. By that, you connect it to the same cable as the hard drive that is currently in there. Once you start the computer, it should recognize it (depending on your version of windows).
If you do not have another computer to use, you may want to take it somewhere, either a small computer shop or Best Buy. They can recover the Data for you.
I would still look at buying a new hard drive, as Quantum Fireball's are very old drives.
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Post by radek on Jul 18, 2006 19:43:52 GMT -5
You also need to make sure that the jumper on the back of the hard drive is set properly, otherwise it won't work. To do that, there will be a set of 9 or 10 pins on the back, next to the PATA cable (data cable). You might need a pair of needlenose pliers, but I usually just use a small knife or something. On the top of the hard drive, or right above the pins is often the required jumper setting for 'slave' operation. You want to select CS or Cable Select (it means that the computer cable itself determines which drive is master and slave) or select Slave. For either case, you should confirm that the first drive is set to master or Cable Select as well.
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Post by hamono100 on Jul 19, 2006 15:51:27 GMT -5
ok guys i tried to connect it to another computer have xp os and it can not see it into the disk managment in the administrative tools in control panel ,however it seen in bios screen if u have more advanced solution in another os like linux tell me i know that linux is more pwerful in managing hard disks i have knoppix v 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.0 ,mandrak v 10, arabix (based on debian)
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Post by techgeekwill on Jul 19, 2006 16:15:28 GMT -5
With Knoppix you may be limited by what you can do. However, you said you used /fdisk. It might be possible that your data may be gone.
Try knoppix on the other computer, and see if it will recognize the old drive. It is possible that the PCB on the Quantum is dead. Hopefully, you weren't able to use fdisk, otherwise you would have formatted your drive.
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Post by radek on Jul 19, 2006 16:24:01 GMT -5
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148103Thats my recommendation. Your fireball is either dead or dying in my opinion, and 30GB doesn't cut it anymore. the Seagates come with a stellar 5 year warranty, and they are outstanding in their data retention and price. I choose the 160GB because it allows you to literally just toss data at your computer without worrying about disk space. Plus, its about $10 more than the 40GB. One last thing you could try, (Im not a linux user) is to wipe the drive completely and then try to install a clean copy of windows on there.
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Post by hamono100 on Jul 19, 2006 17:10:56 GMT -5
what is wipe ?& what it do ?& how can i do it?
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Post by hamono100 on Jul 19, 2006 17:17:26 GMT -5
is there any utility in linux can do it or dail with this problem?
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Post by Nate Owen on Jul 19, 2006 19:20:57 GMT -5
Im doubting you have any problem with jumpers or connections if the hard drive use to run prior to this issue. You can try using a simple free utility from maxtor (for windows) Go to www.maxtor.comClick software downloads Select Top downloads Look for "Power Max" thats it your good to go Try doing a low level format. Be warned that it will erase ALL data on the drive. You will also need a floppy for this one. After you do format attempt to re-install windows. If it continues to not recognize the drive then im afraid you probly have a bad drive. But a low level format erases the boot sector which is replaced when you install an os.
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