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daddyzaring

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HD or Windows prob.?
« on: June 23, 2005, 12:42:43 PM »
I am having a problem with a Pentium 3 300MHz, Win98, Computer.  when it first boots up it says, "See Master Hard Disk: S.M.A.R.T.  Command Failed     Press F1 to Resume".  Then it goes into DOS ScanDisk and freezes up.
Is this probably a shot hard drive?  Oh, the last time it was working, it just shut off.
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Computer_Commando

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Re: HD or Windows prob.?
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2005, 01:05:30 PM »
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...Is this probably a shot hard drive? ....

It's dead!   BTW, S.M.A.R.T.
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daddyzaring

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Re: HD or Windows prob.?
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2005, 01:21:18 PM »
thank you.
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merlin_2

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Re: HD or Windows prob.?
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2005, 04:11:49 PM »
go into the bios setup < keys del/ f1/2 on boot> and disable it.......now save the data to disk before  the hardrive  fails.......
« Last Edit: June 23, 2005, 04:12:15 PM by merlin_2 »
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Cary_GRant

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Re: HD or Windows prob.?
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2005, 04:53:03 AM »
Yep, disable that drive's S.M.A.R.T. then immediately slave it to another computer's hard drive and save the data. That's really all you can do. Cheers!
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