This is a followup from my earlier post (see below). The computer has
crashed again with the exact same error since then and it has been
suggested that either the hard drive or controller might be the
problem. The new diagnostic info is that immediately before failure, a
high pitched whistle or
I you have quite a bit to back up, do not dispair. I had that problem. It
was a hard disk failure. I bought an external usb-ide cable. I put the
hard disk in a sealed ziplock bag with all the air drawn out. I froze the
hard disk in the freezer. I took it out, put it on the cable, and quickly
New Hard Drive, reinstall operating system.
Put the old hard drive in the refrigerator, and when the new HDD is up and
running, re-install it as a slave to see if you can retrieve the data from it
(if there is data that you want to retrieve).
Ellen H.
Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The new diagnostic info is that immediately before failure, a
high pitched whistle or scream was heard coming from the hard drive.
I have had drives do that and then continue to work fine for years.
Drives are funny beasts and hard to predict.
Since drives are cheap, it might be worth it for
