Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!

2003-10-03 Thread Richard Urwin
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 al

Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!

2003-10-03 Thread QingHua Wang
> 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!

2003-10-02 Thread Stephen Kuhn
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 ---

RE: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!

2003-10-02 Thread Tony S. Sykes
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 >

Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!

2003-10-02 Thread Aron Smith
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 l

Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!

2003-10-02 Thread qhwang
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!

2003-10-02 Thread qhwang
> 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!

2003-10-02 Thread qhwang
> 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

Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!

2003-10-02 Thread Dennis Myers
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 lo

Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!

2003-10-02 Thread Raffaele Belardi
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 PR

Re: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!

2003-10-02 Thread mike
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]> Se

RE: [newbie] Fw: help please, hard disk lost!

2003-10-02 Thread Tony S. Sykes
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 [m