[Ham-Computers] BIG Question

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Over 200 ways to recover a hard drive? But is the hard drive safe and reliable
afterwards or? 

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From: johngadd at comcast.net
To: Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,  or
experimenting <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] BIG Question
Date: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:55 PM

Boot disks are EZ to make on a working Machine And
you can change the boot selection with the F2 or F10 at the very start of a
fresh boot. Dont trash the hard drive as there are over 200 ways to recover
them. WE also need to know what the operatings system is? Is the fan blowing at
the rear of the machine. 

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> Isn't the hard drive your primary drive? Isn't it the one that the system
looks 
> to so that it can boot? If the drive is bad, and it can not be read, why
should 
> it boot? 
> 
> A virus can damage anything, but remember, software Vs firmware. You had a bad

> drive in all probability. 
> 
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> From: Gene WØQFC 
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net 
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] BIG Question 
> Date: Friday, September 16, 2005 5:22 PM 
> 
> I just run into something that has me puzzled. 
> I have a computer that was dead - would not boot - and found that the PS was 
> shot. 
> Replace the PS and still no boot. 
> Replaced the CPU and still no boot. 
> Replace the MOBO (with new CPU) and still no boot. 
> Replace the HDD and it now boots. 
> (I worked backwards and used the original MOBO & CPU, but they were BOTH 
> shot). 
> DUH!!!!!! 
> Anyway, after I installed WIN XP on a replacement HDD and got the machine 
> going again, I hooked up the original HDD as a slave and guess what? It 
> would not boot! 
> It would go through the POST and then keep re-booting itself. Take out the 
> Original HDD and viola! - it works. 
> Sooooooo, the big question is: could a virus cause the problem with the 
> machine not booting? 
> (I think that the PS going west was something would have happened anyway, 
> but not sure if it had anything to do with sending the MOBO & CPU out West). 
> I would not worry about it but there is stuff on the original HDD that needs 
> to be recovered.... 
> Any ideas out there???? 
> 
> Gene, WØQFC 
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