Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
> ...the cause was a hard disk error...
> ...I swapped the drive in as a slave...
> ...I don't get promising results from the standard disk tools...
> ...the store and they claimed it had a broken read/write head...
A broken head is relatively unusual. Short of openi
On Sb, 08 oct 11, 17:21:54, Ad L. wrote:
>
> If you're too lazy to find a proper backup program etc., put down some
> more money and buy the new harddisk... twice!
RAID is better than nothing, but still not backup.
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Andrei
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On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:26:01 + (UTC)
Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:21:54 +0100, Ad L. wrote:
>
> > Silently seconded. But I guess it's human nature to simply not listen
> > until it turns out that was a wrong choice. And plenty never learn
> > afterwards either.
> >
> >
> >
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:21:54 +0100, Ad L. wrote:
> Silently seconded. But I guess it's human nature to simply not listen
> until it turns out that was a wrong choice. And plenty never learn
> afterwards either.
>
>
> Anyway, on topic:
>
> Most tools allow you to tell the Linux kernel the amount
Silently seconded. But I guess it's human nature to simply not listen
until it turns out that was a wrong choice. And plenty never learn
afterwards either.
Anyway, on topic:
Most tools allow you to tell the Linux kernel the amount of sectors,
heads and cylinders the disk has. It should simply be
2011/10/3 Robert Blair Mason Jr.
>
> Hey list,
>
> A few days ago one of my parents' computers stopped booting, and they
> don't have any external backups, so I have to try and backup the data.
> BIOS POST revealed that the cause was a hard disk error. I swapped the
> drive in as a slave on anothe
On Tuesday 04 October 2011 00:27:42 Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:07:23 -0400, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
> > A few days ago one of my parents' computers stopped booting, and they
> > don't have any external backups
>
> I am sick and tired of hearing this tale of woe. Just back up
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:07:23 -0400, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
> A few days ago one of my parents' computers stopped booting, and they
> don't have any external backups, so I have to try and backup the data.
> BIOS POST revealed that the cause was a hard disk error.
(...)
Uff... you mean a "S
try rstudio
On Monday, October 3, 2011, Scott Ferguson
wrote:
> On 04/10/11 12:18, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
>> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:27:42 + (UTC)
>> Walter Hurry wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:07:23 -0400, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
>>>
A few days ago one of my parents'
On 04/10/11 12:18, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:27:42 + (UTC)
> Walter Hurry wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:07:23 -0400, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
>>
>>> A few days ago one of my parents' computers stopped booting, and
>>> they don't have any external backups
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:27:42 + (UTC)
Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:07:23 -0400, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
>
> > A few days ago one of my parents' computers stopped booting, and
> > they don't have any external backups
>
> I am sick and tired of hearing this tale of woe. J
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:07:23 -0400, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
> A few days ago one of my parents' computers stopped booting, and they
> don't have any external backups
I am sick and tired of hearing this tale of woe. Just back up.
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Hey list,
A few days ago one of my parents' computers stopped booting, and they
don't have any external backups, so I have to try and backup the data.
BIOS POST revealed that the cause was a hard disk error. I swapped the
drive in as a slave on another comp of mine and attempted to see if I
could
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