Hello, What program you use to duplicate it? Also, make sure you have a copy of sector 0 to get the dual booting working.
Regards and good luck, Tim "The Beave" Lider E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe User Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:08 AM To: The Beave Subject: Re: [H] I'm losin' it... Hello Tim, Thursday, January 17, 2008, 12:53:33 PM, you wrote: > Most SMART errors are letting you know the drive will fail. There is an > ANSI standard for the Errors you receive. I forget where I used to get the > codes. Now a days I just get the drive duplicated as soon as possible. > IMO, most SMART problems are due to the Track 0 (Servo Tracks) are being > destroyed for some reason or another. You are unable to repair those > sectors, it has valuable servo information about your unique hard drive. On > the other hand it could be a CC error in the Upper area as well that's > creating the error. I would still duplicate it and get it replaced. > Rule 1: Back the data up > Rule 2: See rule one > Rule 3: No Backup, cry and look for ways to get it back. Yeah, I didn't mess around. I backed up - twice actually. Now if I can just get the replacement drive to boot properly. It's the dual boot thing that's giving me grief. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
