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On 17 February 2012 20:47, 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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This worked for me moderately well recently: |
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http://superuser.com/questions/1078/harddrive-in-the-freezer-ever-work-for-you |
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... in that I was able to get enough files off it to putter along |
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until I could restore from backups. |