Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
We can forward you the message if you like...(g) I would like to say no, thanks-:) I got my second (the forwarded) post. By the way, we decided to send the laptop back to Fujitsu Siemens. Best, QingHua Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
On Friday 03 Oct 2003 12:15 am, Cornerstone Community Farm wrote: On Thursday 02 October 2003 10:29 am, Aron Smith wrote: any idea how this works? just curious *IF* the problem in the HDD is due to a component overheating within the HDD itself, the freeze may delay the onset. It may also solidify the grease, so packing a faulty bearing better. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
Is my first post of this message lost? I didn't receive it myself. - Original Message - From: qhwang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: help please, hard disk lost! Hi there, A Fujistu Siemens laptop (lifebook B series) only installed with MDK 8 can not boot up anymore. It's still possible to go to CMOS setup but it reports that it can not detect the hard disk. Meanwhile, a kind of click sound can be heard regularly. Does anyone have experience about this? Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. QingHua Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
Sounds like hardware failure. Best way is to backup to another drive if you have one. Simple procedure and don't laugh. Take out disk and put in plastic bag and seal. Put in freezer for several hours (at least 2) then put back in system and backup. Tony. -Original Message- From: qhwang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost! Is my first post of this message lost? I didn't receive it myself. - Original Message - From: qhwang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: help please, hard disk lost! Hi there, A Fujistu Siemens laptop (lifebook B series) only installed with MDK 8 can not boot up anymore. It's still possible to go to CMOS setup but it reports that it can not detect the hard disk. Meanwhile, a kind of click sound can be heard regularly. Does anyone have experience about this? Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. QingHua -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
the sound you hear is the sound of a bad drive that is bouncing the reader arm back and forth. I have had several of these. qhwang wrote: Is my first post of this message lost? I didn't receive it myself. - Original Message - From: qhwang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: help please, hard disk lost! Hi there, A Fujistu Siemens laptop (lifebook B series) only installed with MDK 8 can not boot up anymore. It's still possible to go to CMOS setup but it reports that it can not detect the hard disk. Meanwhile, a kind of click sound can be heard regularly. Does anyone have experience about this? Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. QingHua Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Mike McNeese Springdale, Arkansas USA == Dual booting 98lite;MDK 9.1 stock kernel Kde 3.1 Registered Linux User #248955 liquid/acqua Theme == If obstacles are what you see in your path... Then you have lost sight of your goal! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
As others have already stated, looks like an hw failure. Depending on the severity of the problem, there are some things you could try to recover data on the disk - provided you can boot from CDROM, otherwise I'm out of ideas. Not an easy job. Let us know if you want to try. raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is my first post of this message lost? I didn't receive it myself. - Original Message - From: qhwang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: help please, hard disk lost! Hi there, A Fujistu Siemens laptop (lifebook B series) only installed with MDK 8 can not boot up anymore. It's still possible to go to CMOS setup but it reports that it can not detect the hard disk. Meanwhile, a kind of click sound can be heard regularly. Does anyone have experience about this? Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. QingHua Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
On Thursday 02 October 2003 09:52 am, qhwang wrote: Is my first post of this message lost? I didn't receive it myself. - Original Message - From: qhwang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: help please, hard disk lost! Hi there, A Fujistu Siemens laptop (lifebook B series) only installed with MDK 8 can not boot up anymore. It's still possible to go to CMOS setup but it reports that it can not detect the hard disk. Meanwhile, a kind of click sound can be heard regularly. Does anyone have experience about this? Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. QingHua Sounds like the Harddrive has failed, I had a maxtor fail with similar symptoms just a couple of months ago. Sent it back under warranty. You can check the manufacturers website for warrantee issues. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
Simple procedure and don't laugh. Take out disk and put in plastic bag and seal. Put in freezer for several hours (at least 2) then put back in system and backup. Many thanks for your solution, Tony. I hope it can be used as the last magic stone. Bests, Qinghua Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
I have had several of these. That's also what I think. But, how do you solve it? Bests, Qinghua Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
Unfortunately, there is no CDROM. This is a special configured laptop having touch screen. It seems we have to sent it back to the tailer. Bests, QingHua Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 08:21, qhwang wrote: Simple procedure and don't laugh. Take out disk and put in plastic bag and seal. Put in freezer for several hours (at least 2) then put back in system and backup. Many thanks for your solution, Tony. I hope it can be used as the last magic stone. Bests, Qinghua any idea how this works? just curious __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
Not 100% as I can't remember my source but the cold does something to the bearings and you can get a couple of extra hours out of them. You have to seal in a plastic bag to stop condensation. I have heard of one or two people getting months of extra life after doing this but it is very rare. -Original Message- From: Aron Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 4:29 PM To: newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost! On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 08:21, qhwang wrote: Simple procedure and don't laugh. Take out disk and put in plastic bag and seal. Put in freezer for several hours (at least 2) then put back in system and backup. Many thanks for your solution, Tony. I hope it can be used as the last magic stone. Bests, Qinghua any idea how this works? just curious __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 00:52, qhwang wrote: Is my first post of this message lost? I didn't receive it myself. We can forward you the message if you like...(g) stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching. Working once a week, he might have lasted a long time and become a great star. -- Tris Speaker, commenting on Babe Ruth's plan to change from being a pitcher to an outfielder. Cerf/Navasky, The Experts Speak Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
