[pchelpers] Re: DISASTER!!! Computer NERD required (Long post)
- From: john.ford1@xxxxxxx
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 02:35:36 +0000
John,
Seagate maybe able to recover all of your data from your
drive. I know that they have that service.
Here is another idea, maybe you could use thisdrive in
an older machine that is running DOS. Set the parameters
in BIOS to what it would be in DOS, Heads, etc. the old
way we used to do it. Just maybe it will see enough fo
the HD to let you in to fix it. Just a thought.
John F
>
> Hello Nigel
>
> At 11:24 AM 22/02/02 +1300, you wrote:
> >
> >I'm a little behind on this thread but I seem to remember that all hard diak
> >makers provide a utility on their web sites that allows for the total
> >re-configuration of their respective drives, including returning the drives
> >pre recorded data back to factory standard. I have used this software in
> >the past from Maxtor and Seagate and it works!!!
> >The utility makes a boot floppy with the proper program on it.
>
> I have dowloaded and tried Seagate's Seatools but unfortunately they
> don't work as they clearly show on the read.me file unless BIOS does
> recognise the drive, which in my case it no longer does.
>
> From the read.me file:
>
> 6. SeaTools Diagnostic Version 1.04.03 KNOWN LIMITATIONS
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> * SeaTools Disc Diagnostic may not find or access hard disc drives
> when CMOS is set to "none" for those drives.
>
> I need to set the drive to "none" in order to load stuff from A: or
> if I set it to Auto it will come up with none as BIOS cannot
> access the drive.
>
> I have tried the suggested method of setting the disk's parameters
> as a 20MB drive but even then it hangs.
>
> If you know of any other utility that may work please let me know.
>
> I will have another look at the Seagate web site in the meantime,
> still waiting for a reply to my mail from them also.
>
> Regards
>
> John Samperi
>
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