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[Rene Bartosh]

This is meant to be the HBLUG not the HBWUG - you can access the SMART
data via linux with the smartctl package.

Rene

2008/5/16 Rene Bartosh <kirjava at gmail.com>:
> If you have a windows machine you can attach the HDD to (through
> native IDE and not through e.g. a USB-> IDE adaptor), then you can use
> SpeedFan from http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php to check the SMART
> values - net connection required. This will give you an idea as to
> whether the drive is on the way out physically.
>
> If that SMART data comes up clean then it may just be the data which
> is corrupted. You probably have little choice but to reinstall the
> operating system, however there are various tools available in terms
> of data recovery if there is also important data on the drive -
> grc.com's spinrite comes to mind.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rene
>
> 2008/5/16 gordon arnott <agarnott at gmail.com>:
>> I have a Hard Drive  that I am unable to activated.
>> This HD is the operating system drive on a compaq desktop.
>>
>> I am unable to fire up the machine !
>>
>> Have run some Recovery software over this HD .
>> This is giving me error messages  like
>>
>>>>  cant find  [ root image ]
>>>> [ unmountiable Boot volume ]
>>
>> I have very limited knowledge in this area of computing and are asking for
>> assistance to resolve this delema!
>>
>> Many thanks   Gordon
>>
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