If your BIOS is SMART(or any other pre-boot disk diagnostic agent) enabled,
you may try disabling it in BIOS menu (not recommended for permanent use).
I got a similiar problem earlier. The bios detected issues with Hard Disk
health (SMART), and twice failed to boot. I got a new HDD for the laptop,
and used the old HDD as an additional removable storage, using the external
USB casing avilable in the market. It costs from 450 - 700 only. There was
no error in accessing the HDD as a secondary storage, but when used as boot
media, it fails. I wont recommend it for storing important data though. If
everything fails,and the data inside is very important, I think buying the
2.5" USB casing would be a solution.
caution:Turn off "boot from USB drive" if you plan to keep it plugged in
during system boot. since there is a boot sector in your HDD, the system may
attempt booting from external HDD and hang.
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Subin Mathew <subin.a.mat...@gmail.com>wrote:
> hi, there seems to be an error when i tried to boot up kubuntu, its the
> earlier version, with security updates, the laptop is a bit old and i jus
> rescued it after a major disk error, and unfortunately left some
> confidential and important material in the "/" root drive. now when i try to
> access i get:
>
> General disk error:
> press ctl+d to cancel ( which doesnt work)
>
> and it goes for hours and hours with the error
> [267.0675678] ata1.00: status : {DRDY ERR}
> error {UNC}
>
> like this many line commands, i tried to boot up with with the cd and
> retrieve my files , but grub loots up even before,
>
> so:
> 1. is there any way to get mu files : cause when i ran the safemode also
> this error came up, but on memory test there was no error,
> 2. is there a grub command that i can boot a cd?
> 3. i tried cancelling the fsck but it starts by it self... so command line
> is no use...
>
> NEEd help;
> desp:
> subin
>
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