Reply With QuoteI actually didn't get it yet (supposed to be today). This is just in case.Originally Posted by Titus
I take it the new harddrive didn't take care of the problem?
I actually didn't get it yet (supposed to be today). This is just in case.
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/def...sDesktopdx2400 - $349 with operating system...
Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
It only goes to show when people can no longer discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation, they can improvise and still find someone to hate. - Dave Moulton
FWIW, I just picked up an HP Pavilion a6720f for around $550 at Fry's. Specs are:
AMD Phenom Quad-core 2.2GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 9100 Chipset
6 GB (2 x 2048 MB, 2 x 1024 MB)
640GB SATA HardDrive
Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
For the price, I thought it was well worth it. Spend another $200 for an Acer H233H 23" widescreen LCD display -- Don't think I found a better deal for a monitor. I realize it's Acer, but it really is an incredible display.
Currently:
1991 Mariner Blue (daily driver)
Previously:
1994 M-Edition
Just found this one - LINKIE
Acer Aspire AX1700-U3700A Pentium dual-core E2220(2.40GHz) 4GB DDR2 640GB NVIDIA GeForce G100 Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit - Retail
$420 shipped after promo code - EMCLPNR44
Next problem...
Good news - New hard drive is in, Windoze is re-installed and interweb connection is working.
Bad news - My USB external hard drive thinks it's empty. It's attached and wants me to format when I try to explore it. I think it's driver related. It's supposed to be SCSI attached via USB (somehow magically), but it's setup as regular USB. Anyone have a clue?
I think I figured out the problem (or part of it). The external drive has somehow been configured with a filetype of RAW instead of NTFS.
Fixing it (I hope!) is next. I will be crushed if I lose this thing.I have some old CD backups, but they aren't near what is all on that drive.
PS
Stupidcomputers
Last edited by sammm; 03-24-2009 at 10:21 PM.
Hey, Sammm... I assume this external drive is > 137 GB???I think I figured out the problem (or part of it). The external drive has somehow been configured with a filetype of RAW instead of NTFS.
Fixing it (I hope!) is next. I will be crushed if I lose this thing.
PS
Stupid
Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
It only goes to show when people can no longer discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation, they can improvise and still find someone to hate. - Dave Moulton
Yes it is, it's around 300GB. I found a data recovery utility called EASEUS that's scanning it now. There's definately data still on it.
I stewed over this machine for a while and ultimately decided against it. Too small -- No possibility for upgrading in the future.
Currently:
1991 Mariner Blue (daily driver)
Previously:
1994 M-Edition
samm, try booting off an ubuntu or knoppix live cd. I bet it sees your external (and internal) drive just fine and you can copy from one to the other.
The PC sees the drive fine. The problem lies in the fact that it recognizes it as a RAW drive instead of NTFS, so it wants to format it when I try to open/read/copy/explore it.
I'm working on data recovery now with some guidance from TC. Fingers crossed!
RAW is not a filesystem. Ubuntu would likely autodetect it more correctly than Windows. Worth a try vs. trying to recover it (which means data loss).
Success! All my data was safely recovered. Big thanks to TC for the Tech Support help!
On a side note, my DVD burner has stopped working. I still think I have a hardware issue of some sort.
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