[K3PZN-List] Who is the resident computer expert of the club ??

[Sean Shaffer]

I did forget to note that I have a second case that I can use to assertain if 

the drives have been damaged but I still need to figure out the first one.


(All my data has been backed up, so I am only out of either time or money).

 
> From: kb3imt at hotmail.com
> To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:43:49 -0500
> Subject: [K3PZN-List] Who is the resident computer expert of the club ??
> 
> 
> I may have done something stupid but can't quite tell.
> 
> I may need another pair of eyes on something.
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> 
> I installed a 500GB hard drive into an old PC 
> 
> (not quite that old, 2003-ish maybe).
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> All was well, I copied my data to it and only had to
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> fix the bootloader.
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> For a week it worked without issues.
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> 
> 
> Today I had everything turned off, plugged it all into
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> a new surge protector, plugged in a second usb 
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> external drive and turned it all back on.
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> 
> 
> On reboot all I get is the PXE net boot option and a 
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> message that no boot device is found and I should 
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> the cables.
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> I tried 3 IDE cables and 2 power cables, I cannot get
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> the IDE drives (either the new one or the old one) to
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> be recognized.
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> DVD/CD still works, I can run off boot discs or LiveCDs
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> 
> 
> Sean KB3IMT
> 
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