Re: hard drive help needed
the easiest thing to do is to download slax or puppy linux and burn the iso to disk of make a boot usb stick. then boot your computer with that and pull the data off the drive to another drive. hook it back up with some windows action and reformat then copy the data back.
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Before you do ANYTHING else (disk repair utils, etc), make sure that the enclosure you are using supports advanced format drives. The 4k sectors on these drives are incompatible with some cheaper sata to usb bridges.
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ok thanks so i can plug the portable drive into a usb port then boot pc off kinuxhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182247'
this is the hd enostre thanks agaibn giys
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The chipset in the Rosewill enclosure you linked to should work with 4k sectored drives, just not in WinXP. When you boot up with a Linux live boot cd, make sure you have another drive to copy the data to from the drive you are trying to salvage. Do not write to the drive you are salvaging.
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ok just making sure i can boot into lenux from my laptop then plug enclosure ito lappy dont have a desktop right now . i have ubutu but will go get puppy now loll thanks a lot man wish me luck
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ubuntu will work too. the ones i listed above are just smaller distributions and download faster.
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now if i can find hd in unbutu lol
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Liquid_Scope_99
now if i can find hd in unbutu lol
Once the drive is connected to the usb port it should be visible under the "Devices" section of any folder you are looking at. It will be listed as the volume name the drive had under Window. See the attached screenshot.