CobraBites Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 0.95 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Posted November 27, 2012 hey feel free to hit me up on xfire if u catch me on i will help u with ur problem..but first u will need another harddrive...i will even go to teamspeak or talk on xfire and walk u thru everything u need let me know vipersniper 1
vipersniper Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 67 Topic Count: 64 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 854 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 382 Achievement Points: 6772 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 22, 2020 Birthday: 04/02/1962 Author Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) Edited November 27, 2012 by vipersniper Awards
RustyRifle Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 3572 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 832 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 592 Achievement Points: 7645 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/22/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2017 Birthday: 05/28/1975 Posted November 27, 2012 happy that we managed to solve it bro vipersniper 1
Katana Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 2898 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 180 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 62 Achievement Points: 1272 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 23, 2014 Birthday: 09/02/1954 Posted November 27, 2012 i agree with cobra, it really sounds like a bad drive. hxtr made a suggestion that was good. they make programs (disks) that you can boot on and it will setup a virtual windows enviroment running in ram only and you may be able to save any important data with it. ultimate boot or mri comes to mind. you may at least be able to save the data. hope you can find a solution soon vipersniper 1
hxtr Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) sounds if HDD dropped out Dimension 4550 if still stock MB CHECK bios version A08 is the last one and other drivers if still stock Deskstar HDD thers a firmware update for HDD best use acronis true image and take an image of HDD to store data or can be a failed data cable question does the gaming box see the HDD Viper.. that link to my dropbox with the multiboot image has Acronis on it also but if the other drive dead then imaging is not an option. Did you download that yet viper? Edited November 27, 2012 by hxtr vipersniper 1
deerejon Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 842 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 62 Topic Count: 278 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3715 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3153 Achievement Points: 28472 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 05/04/1965 Device: Windows Posted November 27, 2012 Viper...before you get all crazy, I can mail you an Acronis boot disk and you can clone the drive...then just remove it, replace with a new one and put the data back....you'll never know you missed anything....I just did this last week on one of the machines here in my office. vipersniper 1 Awards
deerejon Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 842 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 62 Topic Count: 278 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3715 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3153 Achievement Points: 28472 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 12/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 05/04/1965 Device: Windows Posted November 27, 2012 ahhh...lol....others have offered the acronis solution...i shoul;d have read all the way through vipersniper, RustyRifle and hxtr 3 Awards
hxtr Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted November 27, 2012 ahhh...lol....others have offered the acronis solution...i shoul;d have read all the way through i have a cd image with acronis and windows XP bartpe. Very good tools to have. It has a few other apps like a password reset. I love my multiboot disk. vipersniper and deerejon 2
7Toes Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted November 27, 2012 10 years old that thing have tubes in it lol hxtr and vipersniper 2 Awards
KaptCrunch Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 316 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4882 Content Per Day: 0.85 Reputation: 4066 Achievement Points: 39497 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 51 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted November 27, 2012 whoa a nasty virsus has corruptted the MBR of HDD viper the previous question asked, does the dell HDD if hooked to your game box (only dell HDD on game box, seen and works right? F8 to boot safe mode) if not don't mess with dell HDD anymore if needing the data off of it. needs to taken to data recovery $ervice, not cheap vipersniper 1 Awards
vipersniper Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 67 Topic Count: 64 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 854 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 382 Achievement Points: 6772 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 22, 2020 Birthday: 04/02/1962 Author Posted November 27, 2012 (edited) Thanks everyone for helping me . With the help of RustyrRIfle & CobraBites this afternoon we got the hard drive outta the old machine and put it in my gaming computer .found it to still be good and the downloaded it to my gaming computer . now i still have my 57 GB of pictures and 13 GB of music a total over 100 GB . the pics and music i'll put on disc and the make my wife happy and download it all to a new computer .as i write this i am listing to my music . THANK YOU ALL MUCH APPRECIATED . thought i'd post picture of the transfusion :hrhr: that's the old 10 year old hard drive hanging outta my computer . Edited November 27, 2012 by vipersniper RustyRifle 1 Awards
Katana Posted November 27, 2012 Member ID: 2898 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 180 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 62 Achievement Points: 1272 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 23, 2014 Birthday: 09/02/1954 Posted November 27, 2012 great, i love these forums we can all help each other. vipersniper and hxtr 2
Shin_Gouki Posted November 28, 2012 Member ID: 4019 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 3 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 25 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/27/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 18, 2024 Birthday: 10/27/1971 Device: Windows Posted November 28, 2012 I'm glad you didn't lose anything on that HDD. you might want to look into getting http://www.carbonite.com/en/v2/index it's a really good servies
RustyRifle Posted November 28, 2012 Member ID: 3572 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 147 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 832 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 592 Achievement Points: 7645 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/22/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2017 Birthday: 05/28/1975 Posted November 28, 2012 Thanks everyone for helping me . With the help of RustyrRIfle & CobraBites this afternoon we got the hard drive outta the old machine and put it in my gaming computer .found it to still be good and the downloaded it to my gaming computer . now i still have my 57 GB of pictures and 13 GB of music a total over 100 GB . the pics and music i'll put on disc and the make my wife happy and download it all to a new computer .as i write this i am listing to my music . THANK YOU ALL MUCH APPRECIATED . thought i'd post picture of the transfusion :hrhr: that's the old 10 year old hard drive hanging outta my computer . no worries bro thats what i do for living. all my work is computer related. next time dont wait til its time to put the pc in a museum as cobra and i talked its most likely the motherboard may it rest in pieces vipersniper 1
fireurza Posted November 28, 2012 Member ID: 677 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1457 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 791 Achievement Points: 9890 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2024 Birthday: 02/20/1986 Posted November 28, 2012 lol wish i got here sooner... would have said it wasnt the hdd lol... if its doing that it would be a bad connection either in the mobo or the cable. had that happen to me before with on of my wifes computers... ended up scrapping it for parts and buying a new one vipersniper 1 Awards
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