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Re: HELP.........Hard disk failure

#613
From: Paradoxical
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:00
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Are you able to view the directory structure on the hard drive with the dir
command? Do you get the error when the bios checks the drive or when windows
starts?


Michael Morenberg <michaelm@fcc.net> wrote in message
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>
> I turned on my computer and instead of getting my usual Windows 98, I
> got a "read error".
> Tried many times, but only got read error.  I was eventually able to get
> a C prompt.  from
> the C prompt I could execute DOS commands.  When I try to get into
> windows I still
> get the read error.
>
> I tried to reload windows, but I still get a "read error".  Seagate is
> no help, they gave me
> several companies that could extract the data.
>
> I have no idea of how to solve this problem.  Is there any software outs
> there that can
> help me extract the data on my drive (9.1 gig seagate).  I have
> purchased a new 30.6 gig
> seagate drive.
>
> Are there any other newsgroups more appropriate then the ones I have
> addressed.
>
> PLEASE HELP ME.
>
> Fred.
>
>
>
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Date: 2000/08/10
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