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damon
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| 05/06/2006 12:33 AM |
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| They say a backup plan is always a good thing. So, while trying to back up
key folders on my Maxtor 80gb hard drive, the drive decided to die. IN
addition to all my installers for all the progs I use, and all the sounds
and resource files for all my keyboards, I lost my nhb radio folder which,
among other things, contained all my full shows recorded to date. Everything
from July 2001-Jun 2002, and 2003-2006 is gone. I have all the shows
archived on other mmedia, i.e. cassettes and minidiscs up through February
8, 2006, when I ran out of minidiscs and didn't think to restock, since I
archive the shows on the broadcast computer, then transfer them over the
network to my main machine. If anybody has shows from fall 2005 through last
week, including any impromptu shows I have done, please email
damon@nhbradio.com. They need to be of decent sound quality and can't skip,
which may be asking a lot, but hell, I'll take what I can get now. Also, any
suggestions on trying to salvage the maxtor hard drive to at least transfer
what I can from it would be hugely helpful. Basically, bios is not
recognizing the drive and neither is Windows. No clicking is happening,
which I suppose is good. The drive began giving CRC errors while
transferring files over the network, then I couldn't play an mp3 file, then
the system froze and that was the end. I did try going into the bios on my
asus motherboard and primary slave shows blank, but when we press enter on
it, it shows maxtor 81.9gb hard drive, but when we boot into windows, no
drive d:, no mention of a disk drive in admin tools. I am stumped and really
agitated right now. If anybody has thoughts, or suggestions, let me know. I
need to get this data back. Thanks.
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asdf
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| 05/07/2006 1:21 AM |
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wow.......
that really sucks
i was discouraged from ripping the stream so i deleted anything i might've recorded |
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fuzz_guy
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| 05/08/2006 8:02 PM |
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Hey Damon,
I MAY have a ray of light for you, but it may cost you a little money at first.
If there is no 'clicking' sound from the drive, it may be just a control board
problem (the circuit on the outside of the drive). Depending on the drive, and
I think Maxtor’s have these, have a circuit board that is separate from the
moving parts of the drive. If the moving parts are OK, you can get the data
from the disk(s) inside the drive if you use a new control board. All you have
to do is open up the PC, take out the drive and buy another one EXACTLY like
it. Take the control board off the new one that you bought and put it on the
old one that you have (if you can). Put the drive in your PC and grab the data
off it. When you are done, put the new board back on the new drive and you MAY
be able to return it (if you didn't bang it up too much) or keep it for you
machine....
In any case, it is possible for you to get your data back. If the drive is
dead, what have you got to loose?
Thanks
Fuzz |
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damon
NHB Staff
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| 05/08/2006 11:02 PM |
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I
think the drive was clicking as I tried to run spinrite 6 over the weekend. I am
still researching other possibilities. Considering that this is an 80gb maxtor,
I am not sure these drives are still
available.
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Milkshake
Posts:19
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| 05/10/2006 10:58 AM |
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| I may have an old Maxtor 80 gig laying around, i'll check out my computer shit when i get home. If i have one, you are welcome to it if it helps. |
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damon
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| 05/10/2006 11:02 AM |
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I
appreciate it, but I don't think that will be necessary. I am going to send it
off to a data recovery place and keep my fingers crossed that they can recover
the data and they don't fuck me too hard.
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Damon Fibraio
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Reddevildelsol
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| 05/10/2006 11:12 AM |
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| You know that(data recovery) can cost between $300 and $3000 depending on drive size and how much damage is done. I have a 250GB with over 13,000 songs that crashed on me. I wanted to send it off but it was too expensive. |
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fuzz_guy
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| 05/10/2006 11:13 AM |
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| sorry I couldn't be of any help... good luck on the data recovery place, I heard they charge you your first and second born child |
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Zane McFate
NHB Staff
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| 05/10/2006 11:15 AM |
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| Hey Angie, you wanted kids, right? |
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- Zane: administration, resident quote whore and former host of Stink Tank Radio |
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damon
NHB Staff
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| 05/10/2006 11:23 AM |
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I got
an estimate. Anywhere between $400 and $1100. They evaluate for free and they
won't charge me if I don't want to do it. Also, if they can't recover my
files, they won't charge me. They have a 90 percent to 95 percent and sometimes
100 percent success rate. I have nothing to lose at this point but cash and
these files are too important to give up without
trying.
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Damon Fibraio
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Milkshake
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| 05/10/2006 11:34 AM |
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No prob about the drive,
i'll Donate, to help for the recovery after you get the quote. |
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damon
NHB Staff
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| 05/10/2006 11:39 AM |
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Thanks, man, that's really nice of you. but I think the station needs
more help than I do. Tune in tonight to find out
why.
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Damon Fibraio
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Milkshake
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| 05/10/2006 11:50 AM |
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| Alright i'll be there. I want to help you gusy out with marketing. |
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