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an incredible life-saver. -- Larry ________________________________ From: Steve Johnson <[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 10:22:19 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: O/T- Operating System not found 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 >***** >Dennis Fleming >IISCO >www.TheBestCMMS.com >Phone: 570 775-7593 >Mobile: 570 351-5290
