HD Issues

LaTech · Posted: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:21:54 Post Subject: HD Issues

Ok...here's the deal...

I woke up this morning, started some MP3's and went abotu getting ready for work. I called my gf and talked to her for about 15 min and went back in the computer room to change the song (it was quiet). I clicked on a song, and then noticed the wonderful noise that I had been dreading since I built this computer - The click of death. Yes...that's right...my MP3 hard drive (with roughly 5000+ mp3's (all legal, of course)) hosed itself.

After saying a few choice words, I shut down my computer and unhooked the 80 GB hard drive (piece of crap). I rebooted the computer...and it says: "Disk boot failure" blah blah blah. Oh hell. My main hard drive is a SATA 74GB Raptor. It's the BOOT hard drive, with the OS and everything on it. All my stories (I have another good one to post...assuming I can get it back). All my games. All my pictures (of trips I've been on recently). So, I decided that apparently, the system needed a hard drive on there that was an ATA HD so that it could boot SATA (which it was doing before). I have a spare 40 GB and I hooked it up. "Disk Boot Failure..." Joy.

Normally, I don't think it would be that much of a problem. I usually can think things through without problem...but this morning, I was just so frustrated that I shut everything down and came to work.

Does ANYONE have any ideas? I'm considering putting the FUBAR HD in the freezer to see if I can extract some data from it (I read once that it is supposed to work). Any idea why the SATA one won't work? Anything?!

LaTech

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

Wouldn't say the drive is toast. Lots of things could've happened.

If your 40gb drive can be formatted, and an OS installed, try that first. If you can get it up and running, use the SATA as a secondary drive temporarily to clean off files, and connect the MP3 drive to make back-up/make sure it's good. Then once you know you have all the stuff you need off the Raptor, do a reformat/install and see how that works out.

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

Eh, but two hard drives with a boot disk failure? That sounds more like a controller failure to me.

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

I'm thinking he was still trying to boot off the SATA, never changed the priorities...

But you are correct, if the 40gb IDE doesn't work, that would lead me to believe it's the controllers. The IDE and SATA use different controllers so both would have to go out, which would make me wonder if there are other issues...

LaTech · Posted: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:29:43 Post Subject:

No no...I mean, yes, you're right...but the facts aren't right. The SATA is fine. The ATA is bad.

I would understand if it were 2 ATA drives, but as you said, they are on different controllers. I'm going to buy another 80 GB and see if I can clone the bad one (yeah right).

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

Why not use an external USB enclosure for the bad drive, hook it to a different PC, get data off and the nreturn said enclosure with the excuse of "It didn't fit my windows" or something. Laughing

LaTech · Posted: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:55:13 Post Subject:

HAHAHA!! I like your style, man! Best buy...here I come! Or should I look to Office Depot?

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

They're all the same: Stupid. Personally, I prefer COmpUSA. The losers there sometimes know the difference between crap and dung.

IceNine · Posted: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:42:09 Post Subject:

Don't get me started on the "Geek Squad"...

HackaX0rus · Posted: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:35:29 Post Subject:

geek squad = Full Moon

....they are all show and no skeelz, i applied at best buy and i am like i will be A+ certified this sumemr...i ahve taken all the computer courses at my school including one that will train me for the A+ certification...and they said i was too young i told them...your loss Laughing

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