Re: Dead hard drive

if your computer is reading a msg like that then that means
that you
need a new hard drive. do you have the operating system
disks still.
email me if you need help

On Jan 14, 9:26 pm, zoom72 <rpren...gmail.com> wrote:
> Yesterday my computer froze for a minute and then
re-started.  I got
> an error something like "No operating system on
startup drive, insert
> another disk and press any key to re-try".
>
> Here's my setup: AMD Sempron 2800+, ASUS motherboard,
XP SP2 on a 10
> gig Maxtor (the one that crashed), and data files on an
80 gig Western
> Digital.  I have critical non-backed-up Microsoft
Outlook data on the
> crashed drive.
>
> I opened up the computer and checked all the
connections, no
> problems.  I tried re-booting many times with various
BIOS changes,
> same problem.  I tried the dead Maxtor as a Master
drive, no luck.
> Finally I had to re-install XP on my 80 gig data
drive.
>
> Today I tried the Maxtor as a slave drive on a couple
other systems
> (XP on a P3-450 and Win2K on a P4-1GHz).  The XP
computer showed that
> it recognized the Maxtor drive in BIOS, but had no
cylinders, heads,
> or sector info.  Then it gave a BIOS error message
(Primary slave
> wouldn't start) and the drive didn't show once logged
in.
>
> The Win2K system showed the drive in BIOS, along with
cylinders,
> heads, and sectors, but the drive didn't show in My
Computer or Disk
> Management once logged in.
>
> Then I tried booting from an XP CD and doing a repair
install.  I got
> to command prompt and tried FIXMBR, which appeared to
be successful,
> but a re-start still resulted in only one hard drive
appearing.
>
> There must be a way I can recover files from this
drive, but I'm not
> sure what to try next.  One friend said to put the
drive in the
> freezer for a couple hours in a sealed bag.  Sounds
sketchy to me.
> Anyone know of any tools or tricks that I haven't
tried?