From: Barry Jarrett (barry_at_rileys-coffee.com)
Date: Sun Jul 08 2001 - 16:33:54 EDT
At 12:45 PM 7/8/01 -0700, you wrote:
>I hope you didn't lose a lot of critical data...
nope. i don't trust win98 anyway, so everything gets saved multiple places.
>power failure while it was writing to the hard drive... just a
>temporary dip or surge in power will do the damage... then bumps,
>knocks while it was writing to the disk or shutting down... They will
>be repairable.
well, i turned it off while it was running, so i don't doubt that's what
screwed it up. i don't know, though, why it went to scandisk originally
(but that's moot right now anyway).
>I would try Norton Utilities Disk Diagnostics first, then disk doctor,
>then try reformatting the hard drive using a startup disk.. then if
>still not working, try fDisk, then reformat... With bad sectors, you
>need to reformat anyway, so might as well give it a shot.
i'll have to see if norton will recognize the drive before i can hope for
more...
>Depending on size...$40 for a .87 Gig, I have a 1.1 Gb for $60, but
>ebay may have them cheaper... Figger $80 or less for a 2.1 Gig, $90 or
>less for a 3.2 gig... $120 or less for a $5.1 to 6.4 Gig... I think a
>6.4 gig is the max it will handle... I can give you a list of outfits
>that sell them on ebay if you don't want to wait for an auction...
>Look for IBM, Toshiba, or Fujitsu.
fwiw, apricorn is closing out 4 gig 2.5" drives for $89 & free shipping.
thanks for your comments!
--barry
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