To All:
Cables to Go has a nifty open system that will accommodate both IDE
and SATA drives, as well as micro-drives that connects a hard drive
to a computer via USB port. No need to install a drive into an enclosure.
Steve
At 11:34 PM 12/12/2010, you wrote:
Dennis,
Also, you can get an external enclosure (IDE or SATA), install your current
"damaged" drive and then connect it to another computer via USB; there is a
very good chance that you will able to see and access/recover your files if
you do not have backups. I keep enclosures with me at all times and I have
been able to recover data from damaged drives from clients, at least a half
a dozen times in the last year alone; they are relatively inexpensive
($10-$20).
Javier,
Javier Valencia, PE
913-829-0888 Office
913-915-3137 Cell
913-649-2904 Fax
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis
Fleming
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 8:45 PM
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Subject: [RBASE-L] - O/T- Operating System not found
On a Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop with XP (about 6 years old), the
rather ominous message probably indicates the hard drive is toast. I
can hit the F2 key to get to the set up screen where I can look
elsewhere for a bootable O/S. (It currently says, "Hard Drive: None")
My hunch is that even if all else is OK, probably not worth replacing
a hard drive?
TIA,
Dennis
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IISCO
www.TheBestCMMS.com
Phone: 570 775-7593
Mobile: 570 351-5290
