This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Brian,=20 I sent you a private e-mail, maybe you did not receive it so here it is = again: Brian Your hard disk is dead... forget about scandisk. Thank god you can start = it in dos. If you are using Win 95 or 98 you can retrieve your data = through DOS provided bad block did not affected your data, that is to be = seen Get in DOS and go to the directories were you have your data, and = transfer them to disk A: if the directory is more than eight characters = long you must count the first six then type ALT126 to insert ~ (keep = alt pressed while typing the number 126) and number 1 afterwards if = there are more than one directories which start with the same prefix = each will be 1, 2, 3 etc once in that directory give the command "Copy = <name of file.suffix> a: That should do=20 If you give me a complete description of everything I can guide you = better ( directory names, etc ) If you have or can acquire a IOMEGA zip = drive will make it easier =20 If you can mail me privately I might help you online. Original Message: Hi list, Any of you computer types out there care to offer an opinion? I'm typing this on a new laptop computer. I love it. It's 3 times the = computer my old one (only 1 1/2 years old) is/was. I'd really like to retrieve some of the old information from my old = computer, but I'm not sure I can. Basically, it has begun hard drive = failure, and most of the information that I would like to access is = there on the hard drive. It will boot up, but it will not run Windows, = even in the 'safe' mode. I've tried running the Scandisk program that = was onboard, but it keeps finding errors it can't fix. When it gets to = the disk scan, it keeps finding sections of the hard drive that are = "about to fail" and moves the info to another part of the disk. =20 Those are called bad blocks. Sometimes the surface of the disk starts = degrading, there are many possible causes to this, when this happens, = the quantity of bad blocks may keep growing. If the surface was damaged = were there was information, that spot is lost. Probably one of windows = critical parts was in one of this spots, in that case windows will not = start, but you can still use DOS.=20 And talk about slow... the Scandisk program files tell me that it = 'should' take about 10 minutes for a disk scan... it took 4 hours to go = through 10% and then quit because it couldn't handle the job.=20 That means that there are already a lot of bad blocks. it is advisable = that you try to save the information through DOS first, when there is a = large damage scandisk will not help, and it even do more harm. Scandisk = explores the surface and "makes a note" where there is a damaged block = so as to isolate it, this works when there are few of them, but by what = you write I suspect a larger damage. Anybody have any suggestions? Do you think a program like Norton = utilities or another similar program would be able to help me? or is it = too late? You can try anything, but first back up...!!! I've been a bad boy for not backing up my work earlier. I'm thinking of = replacing the hard drive on the old computer, and perhaps looking into a = zip drive for a little more secure backup. I'm also in the market for a = program like Norton utilities, or a similar product. But I sure would = like to have some of that old info... The upside is, now I have a portable computer and can play with the = Tunelab program I downloaded!! =20 Anyway, if you have an idea, thought, suggestion, or note of sympathy, = I'm receiving them all with open ears. :-) Thanks, Brian Trout Quarryville, PA btrout@desupernet.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/27/8e/21/5d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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