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Post Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:06 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
I don't know if it's still around, but there was some good software called SpinWrite that could take a very ugly drive and format around any bad sectors etc...

I would throw it away and get another one if I were you.

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Post Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:56 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
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spinrite is $89 though

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Post Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:59 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Dave Rave wrote:
you know, some1 mentioned that the drive needs to be fdisked and formatted BEFORE it's in the external case ....

some dood named, uhm, Dave Rave
geez, you know, that's my name . strange that


Dave I did not mean to offend. You just said FDISK and format, all I did was add a little more detail Embarassed

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Post Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:09 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
spinrite won't fix the problem you have at the moment.
what you need is to get the drive on an ide cable into a computer
and run HDD Health to see if the drive is dead or dying.

if it's ok, then fdisk and format it.
once it's done that correctly, then spinrite will do the checking of the drive for you.
and once it's been really worked over, check the HDD Health to see if it survived.
then use it the drive for your precious data that isn't backed up yet.
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:20 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
I don't have a desktop computer, so I can't format it before putting it in the external case. The external case is my only access to it.

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:53 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Update:

I bought a new hard drive and stuck it in the external hard drive case. Everything went smoothly, and I now have an extra 250G room in my house. Yay!

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:31 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
affabletoaster wrote:
Update:

I bought a new hard drive and stuck it in the external hard drive case. Everything went smoothly, and I now have an extra 250G room in my house. Yay!


640kb 250gb is more memory than anyone will ever need.

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:05 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
CheeseMonger The Great wrote:
affabletoaster wrote:
Update:

I bought a new hard drive and stuck it in the external hard drive case. Everything went smoothly, and I now have an extra 250G room in my house. Yay!


640kb 250gb is more memory porn than anyone will ever need.

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Post Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:57 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Toxin wrote:
CheeseMonger The Great wrote:
affabletoaster wrote:
Update:

I bought a new hard drive and stuck it in the external hard drive case. Everything went smoothly, and I now have an extra 250G room in my house. Yay!


640kb 250gb is more memory porn than anyone will ever need.


Busted.

>.>

I gotta get dstg to stop using my computer...

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