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| Thread ID: 95370 | 2008-12-03 19:23:00 | WinXP Repair - CONFIG SYSTEM | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 725562 | 2008-12-04 02:26:00 | Tried an old Linux CD, Knoppix. Booted OK and ran well. Maybe this indicates the hd is OK? Will try UBDCD later... |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 725563 | 2008-12-04 02:38:00 | Tried an old Linux CD, Knoppix. Booted OK and ran well. Maybe this indicates the hd is OK? Will try UBDCD later... You run a fix against the drive.....?, no?...1 month, i give it..... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 725564 | 2008-12-04 03:49:00 | Tried an old Linux CD, Knoppix. Booted OK and ran well. Maybe this indicates the hd is OK? Will try UBDCD later... Not always - as the linux live CD runs from the CD, not the HDD - you can read the drive from a Live CD, but you can also run the CD with no HDD at all. If a drive is suspect - better to replace it, they are cheap enough these days. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 725565 | 2008-12-04 06:13:00 | Not always - as the linux live CD runs from the CD, not the HDD - you can read the drive from a Live CD, but you can also run the CD with no HDD at all. If a drive is suspect - better to replace it, they are cheap enough these days. Yep, I will replace the hd, in fact I have been waiting for an excuse to get another hd... What I meant about Linux was that I could access files, but OK I know what both of you mean about Linux running off the CD and not the hd. Have a meeting to go to now. Tomorrow I will probably fiddle with Acronis images to see what happens. If I can get XP to work for a few days before the new hd arrives, all the better. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 725566 | 2008-12-04 17:50:00 | running linux from a live a live cd does not indicate a good hard drive. But linux live cd will often read a drive that windows refuses to making it a good recovery tool. Im agreeing with SolMiester on this one based on the history of the drive as outlined here, its age is showing and while you can recover data and replace it |
beama (111) | ||
| 725567 | 2008-12-04 18:00:00 | Can I use a SATA-II hd? My ASUS mb does accept SATA - its 4 or 5 years old. Anything else I should be aware of? I am looking at a Seagate with a decent warranty, e.g. c1com.co.nz (but only 1 yr warranty) pcpacific.net |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 725568 | 2008-12-04 18:53:00 | Seagate Hard drives have a five year warranty which is why I use them in all systems I build. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 725569 | 2008-12-04 20:08:00 | Can I use a SATA-II hd? My ASUS mb does accept SATA - its 4 or 5 years old. If your system doesnt support SATA 2, the SATA 2 hdd needs to be jumpered to SATA 1. Before you can use it. Otherwise your system may not detect it. And you wont be able to use it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 725570 | 2008-12-04 20:18:00 | If your system doesnt support SATA 2, the SATA 2 hdd needs to be jumpered to SATA 1. Before you can use it. Otherwise your system may not detect it. And you wont be able to use it I am not sure what you mean by "needs to be jumpered to SATA 1." Do you mean that I can use any SATA-2 hd even though my mb will not support it, because there is a provision on the SATA-2 hd for a SATA-1 to be connected? |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 725571 | 2008-12-04 20:21:00 | SATA 2 hdds are backward compatible with SATA 1. There's a jumper or something on SATA 2 hdd's. It needs to be jumpered, or changed to SATA 150 (this maybe written on the SATA 2), before you can use it on a SATA 1 system Have a read of this (www.hardwaresecrets.com) Do you know what mobo you've got? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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