[K12OSN] Hard drive rescue (OT)
Jim Hays
haysja at sages.us
Sat Aug 28 00:15:13 UTC 2004
I would put them in a box, boot Knoppix, and see if Knoppix can "see" them.
Quoting David Trask <dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us>:
> Hi all,
>
> I need some help. I have a couple hard drives that are no longer
> recognized by the BIOS. They both happened under similar circumstances so
> I'm not totally convinced that they are totally gone. What happened was
> that I was reimaging them (Windows XP) using Altiris Deployment Server
> when the imaging process failed. Then they failed to reboot....now the
> drive doesn't even show up at all. IN one case I tried a different drive
> and it worked fine...so it's not the controller. The imaging process uses
> an embedded partition called a Bootworks partition so I'm wondering if
> that got corrupt and that's why I can't get anywhere. Are there any
> utilities that people know of that might assist me in getting these drives
> back? The data is not an issue...I'm simply trying to avoid having to buy
> new HD's. Ideas and specualtion are welcome.
>
> David N. Trask
> Technology Teacher/Coordinator
> Vassalboro Community School
> dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
> (207)923-3100
>
>
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Jim Hays
Technology Director
Monticello CUSD#25
Monticello, IL 61856
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