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Article #983Re: HELP...........DISK FAILURE
From: Paul
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 00:00
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In article <39931778.361E737C@fcc.net>, Michael Morenberg
<michaelm@fcc.net> writes
>
>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
>out 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. Thanks,
>
>Fred.
>
www.ontrack.com have a neat prog called easy recovery 5.0 which is cheap
and *works*. You can download a trial from their website.
HTH
--
Paul B
Go Johnny Go
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