The procedure you describe is useful for a retrieving data from a drive where some files have been corrupted rendering the system non-bootable. But NO operating system (not even MacOS) can cure a drive that has suffered a complete hardware failure. It's just not possible.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:13 AM, ALAN MELIA <alan.me...@btinternet.com>wrote: > Sorry Dave my mail irrelevant.....motto READ THE EMAIL PROPERLY !! > I though you were talking about a floppy sized HD!! > DOH > Alan G3NYK > > > --- On Fri, 4/12/09, David C. Partridge <david.partri...@dsl.pipex.com> > wrote: > > > From: David C. Partridge <david.partri...@dsl.pipex.com> > > Subject: [time-nuts] OT: Wanted desperately - LS-120 disk drive > > To: teksco...@yahoogroups.com, hp_agilent_equipm...@yahoogroups.com, > "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" < > time-nuts@febo.com> > > Date: Friday, 4 December, 2009, 13:42 > > Internal 3.5" LS-120 Superdisk floppy > > drive (ideally with black front, but > > ...). I'm after one in the standard 3.5" > > floppy drive size, not laptop. > > > > The one in my main system just died :-(. I have a lot > > of stuff on LS-120 > > disks, and while I can read them on a system in another > > room and network the > > files it is rather a PITA (plus it is probably only a > > matter of time until > > that one dies too). > > > > I will remove the dead one and look for any obvious > > problems, but I'm not > > optimistic. > > > > I am in the UK not the USA by the way. > > > > Please respond off-list. > > > > Dave > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.