[icon-discuss] Re: cannot open the hard drive
- From: Joe Giovanelli <joegio1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:39:16 -0400
Hi,
Well, both of my drives use XP, and the the CMOS is the same for each one.
Joe G.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:08:55 -0400, David Poehlman wrote:
>have you checked cmos? there could be a missmatch.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe Giovanelli" <joegio1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:56 PM
>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: cannot open the hard drive
>
>
>Hi, Beth,
>
>It's the OS all right! After checking for malware, I ran my book scanning
>software. I got
>a few pages into that and things locked up. I figured I might as well
>reformat the hard drive, but
>Windows couldn't even find the hard drive? How's that?
>
>It's a new drive, and I doubt there's anything wr;d with it. I don't have
>any diagnostics or
>I'd have this figured out.
>
>Joe G.
>
>On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:18:23 -0700, Beth Koenig wrote:
>
>
>>Something is wrong with the Widows XP OS on the hard drive that isn't
>>working right. I have have this happen with floppy disks on some XP
>>installs.
>>
>>Beth Koenig
>>bethko@xxxxxxxxx
>>Director of Deaf Blind Services
>>Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
>>2960 Main Street A100
>>Irvine, CA 92614
>>http://www.deafadvocacy.org/dbs
>>Health, safety, and productivity are the cornerstones of independence.
>>At the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center we provide the training and
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>>
>>
>>On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Pamela Rader <prader@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>Okay. Now that's getting even more weird. So, the fact that you can open
>>>it
>>>on one would say it's not the machine, but rather something on the
>>>computer
>>>that is causing this to occur. If the hard drive were bad, you'd get it
>>>on
>>>both, right?
>>>
>>>Have you made any recent changes on the PC that it doesn't work on?
>>>
>>>Pamela
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Giovanelli
>>>Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 12:02 PM
>>>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: cannot open the hard drive
>>>
>>>Hi, Pamela,
>>>
>>>The problem is at the computer. I have two drives, each with the same OS.
>>>One
>>>will let me open the
>>>hard drive and the other won't.
>>>
>>>In as much as I'm in the disk drive mode on the PDA, all messages come
>>>from the
>>>computer.
>>>
>>>Joe G.
>>>
>>>I discovered where the problem was after I posted my original message. I
>>>posted the facts that I have just
>>>outlined later.
>>>
>>>There are many problems with the drive which wants to format the HD in the
>>>PDA.
>>>Chkdsk says that it
>>>repairs them, but when I run it again, the same errors are still there. I
>>>do
>>>not remember what those
>>>errors were.
>>>
>>>I can tell you that this drive is very slow to boot. When I have time,
>>>I'll
>>>scan it for malware.
>>>
>>>Joe G.
>>>
>>>On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:35:49 -0400, Pamela Rader wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Joe:
>>>>
>>>>Are you getting this message on the PC or on the Braille Plus itself? At
>>>>what
>>>>point do you get it?
>>>>
>>>>Have you reflashed?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Giovanelli
>>>>Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 5:58 PM
>>>>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: cannot open the hard drive
>>>>
>>>>Hi, Pamela,
>>>>
>>>>I ran CHKDSK. There were quite a number of cross-linked chains, which
>>>>when
>>>>fixed, gave me another
>>>>70 megs.
>>>>
>>>>Even so, I cannot access the drive. I'm still being asked if I want to
>>>>format
>>>>it.
>>>>
>>>>If this is a sign of drive failure, it's why I have been concerned about
>>>>using
>>>>the drive for reading
>>>>books.
>>>>
>>>>I will see if I can move some files onto the SAID card.
>>>>
>>>>Joe G.
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:45:29 -0400, Pamela Rader wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Joe:
>>>>>
>>>>>It could be a sign of the hard drive failing, or there could be
>>>>>corruption.
>>>>>You can hit Cancel and do a check disc in windows and see if there's
>>>>>corruption. If so, you can clean it up.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Giovanelli
>>>>>Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:38 AM
>>>>>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [icon-discuss] cannot open the hard drive
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi, All,
>>>>>
>>>>>When I enter the "disk drive mode,' I'm told that the drive is not
>>>>>formatted.
>>>>>I'm asked if
>>>>>I want to format it-'and I don't!
>>>>>
>>>>>What might be causing this?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thank you:
>>>>>
>>>>>Joe G.
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