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On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:47:36 -0800 |
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Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> LOL. Except not really. Am I totally screwed or is there some |
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> little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? |
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> Everything was fine until it was rebooted. Multiple reboots always |
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> come back to: |
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> Invalid Boot diskette- Enter BOOT diskette into A: |
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> Cracks about how if the system is old enough to have a floppy drive |
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> then it's overdue for a dead HD are appropriate. |
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> - Grant |
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It could be the boot sector of the drive that is bad. You should boot |
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off a live CD and see how far you can get with the drive. If you can |
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read it with no problem reinstall grub and see how it does with the |
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boot afterwards. |
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Willie Matthews |
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matthews.willie@×××××.com |