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Re: <smileS> One of us is not correct? WAS: any way to clean dead hard drive?
	2007-01-19 14:33:27

The reason you can read your old H/D through the IDE/USB cable is because you are not using the MBR Mater boot Record section of the hard drive. You are only assessing the file area of the hard drive. Copy the files to a good Hard Drive or back-it up using a CD burner. Then you have all the files that are on the old hard drive. ----- Original Message ----- From: duo-county.com" href="mailto:dulcaduo-county.com">from Robin/(LR) To: Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:11 PM Subject: [Laptop_Repair] <smileS> One of us is not correct? WAS: any way to clean dead hard drive? Russ & All, One of us is wrong and it wouldn't surprise me if it is I. The reel to reel (open tape) bulk eraser I own is not to be left on longer than 30 - 45 seconds at a time. ; It WILL overheat / melt the core (winding) if left on for 3 - 4 minutes. Besides, please correct me if I'm wrong, but HDs are shielded aren't they? For what little it may / might be worth, if no one suggested Cindy, if she has one, or she ask someone else to check the HD using their computer, but first, Cindy have you tried connecting the replacement HD? Did the laptop boot with the replacement? Good luck and PLEASE let us know the outcome.  I understand your not wanting others to see / have access to the contents of your HD even if it's ONLY family pictures & correspondence. Be well and be SAFE! Mrs. Robin A-W ------------------------------------------------------------------- Russ Blakeman wrote: windstream.net" type="cite"> About the only non-destructive method without it working is to get a bulk eraser like they used to use for reel-to-reel, cassette. beta, VHS, etc tapes and leave it on while setting on the old HD well AWAY from any thing else for 3-4 or 5 mins straight. If you really have a bad feeling see what they will charge if you don;t send the core in then just pay the core fee, smash the crap out of the old HD with a hammer and toss it. -----Original Message----- From: Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com [mailto:Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of cindy_ruder Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:33 PM To: Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com Subject: [Laptop_Repair] any way to clean dead hard drive? Hi. The hard drive on my Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop died. Dell sent me a new hard drive, & I need to send them my old hard drive to avoid being charged for the replacement. Is there anything I can do to clean my data off the old hard drive before I send it to Dell? When the old hard drive was in the laptop, the laptop didn't recognize there was a hard drive in. I'm not comfortable sending my old hard drive w/ all my data on it to Dell (or anywhere). Thanks for any help. . __,_._,___
Re: <smileS> One of us is not correct? WAS: any way to clean dead hard drive?
	2007-01-20 00:42:18

At 1/19/2007 12:33, you wrote: >The reason you can read your old H/D through the IDE/USB cable is because >you are not using the MBR Mater boot Record section of the hard drive. >You are only assessing the file area of the hard drive. Copy the files to >a good Hard Drive or back-it up using a CD burner. Then you have all the >files that are on the old hard drive. Once you get access to the drive, you should be able to use mbrfix (download from http://www.sysint.no/en/Download.aspx) to restore the MBR & make it bootable again. Bob __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (11) Reply (via web post) \| Start a new topic . __,_._,___
RE: <smileS> One of us is not correct? WAS: any way to clean dead hard drive?
	2007-01-20 11:09:32

You can use a 2.5" adapter on a regular PC's 40 pin IDE cable as well. The USB adapter is nice if you service onsite but a CDrw (at least) or DVDrw (preferably) is needed to get them off to the machine with the new drive unless you connect network port to network port using a crossover cable. -----Original Message----- From: Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com [mailto:Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Hotmail Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:33 PM To: Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Laptop_Repair] <smileS> One of us is not correct? WAS: any way to clean dead hard drive? The reason you can read your old H/D through the IDE/USB cable is because you are not using the MBR Mater boot Record section of the hard drive. You are only assessing the file area of the hard drive. Copy the files to a good Hard Drive or back-it up using a CD burner. Then you have all the files that are on the old hard drive. ----- Original Message ----- From: duo-county.com" href="mailto:dulcaduo-county.com">from Robin/(LR) To: Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:11 PM Subject: [Laptop_Repair] <smileS> One of us is not correct? WAS: any way to clean dead hard drive? Russ & All, One of us is wrong and it wouldn't surprise me if it is I. The reel to reel (open tape) bulk eraser I own is not to be left on longer than 30 - 45 seconds at a time. ; It WILL overheat / melt the core (winding) if left on for 3 - 4 minutes. Besides, please correct me if I'm wrong, but HDs are shielded aren't they? For what little it may / might be worth, if no one suggested Cindy, if she has one, or she ask someone else to check the HD using their computer, but first, Cindy have you tried connecting the replacement HD? Did the laptop boot with the replacement? Good luck and PLEASE let us know the outcome.  I understand your not wanting others to see / have access to the contents of your HD even if it's ONLY family pictures & correspondence. Be well and be SAFE! Mrs. Robin A-W ------------------------------------------------------------------- Russ Blakeman wrote: windstream.net" type="cite"> About the only non-destructive method without it working is to get a bulk eraser like they used to use for reel-to-reel, cassette. beta, VHS, etc tapes and leave it on while setting on the old HD well AWAY from any thing else for 3-4 or 5 mins straight. If you really have a bad feeling see what they will charge if you don;t send the core in then just pay the core fee, smash the crap out of the old HD with a hammer and toss it. -----Original Message----- From: Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com [mailto:Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of cindy_ruder Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:33 PM To: Laptop_Repairyahoogroups.com Subject: [Laptop_Repair] any way to clean dead hard drive? Hi. The hard drive on my Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop died. Dell sent me a new hard drive, & I need to send them my old hard drive to avoid being charged for the replacement. Is there anything I can do to clean my data off the old hard drive before I send it to Dell? When the old hard drive was in the laptop, the laptop didn't recognize there was a hard drive in. I'm not comfortable sending my old hard drive w/ all my data on it to Dell (or anywhere). Thanks for any help. . __,_._,___

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