Re: Need help with a totally avoidable problem

"Joe Gill" <snip >

| > How to do this if the system will not recognize the drive?  I've put
this
| > drive on another computer running the same OS as a secondary and get an
| > error message that the drive needs to be formatted.
| >
| >
|
| 1) Did the old system at least 'recoginize' the drive?

For a time but I wasted valuable time looking for a virus when I should have
been working to salvage the data (0ne file actually)
|
| 2) How big is the drive? It may be a case of the drive not being
recognized
| correctly by the new system, due to size, and/or BIOS restrictions.

Duplicate computer (to the extent possible) with the same make and model HDD
|
| 3) Many of the vendors have software that allow you to
| check-out(not-destructively) the drive! Maxtor now supports the Quantum
| line.. Look @ the POWERMAX utility on their site, It runs from a boot CD,
| and runs with low-level disk commands...

Does that distroy the data?  Also I think PowerMax will only work on Maxtor
drives but I'll give it a try.
|
| 4) When you attempt to access on the new system, is there any mechanical
| noise from the drive or does it feel like the drive is 'spinning up'?

No noise and there is the spin up sound but no access.

At this point they are resigned to finger boneing the data into a new file.
My efforts are basically my attempt to salvage but more for the experiance I
might gain.