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| Thread ID: 88526 | 2008-03-30 22:15:00 | How to retrieve data from an old hard drive? | Greg (193) | Press F1 |
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| 654451 | 2008-05-17 00:54:00 | Nope... haven't tried booting from it. Doubt that'd work anyway. I'll try the Cable Select option. Thanks for the suggestions. (yes its IDE) |
Greg (193) | ||
| 654452 | 2008-05-17 06:18:00 | Well... I bought myself a replacement 2nd hand controller board and put it in this morning. It doesn't look identical to my existing one, but it's similar, and it fits. I put it in and fired up the machine. The drive turned and whirred and did its thing, but still isn't recognised in either BIOS or Windows. Any more suggestions, please? I'm guessing I need to match the exact board from the old drive with an exact match from a replacement drive? ps - at this moment the drive is spinning crazily for some unknown reason! Yes, you need to match the board exactly or it won't work. just looking similar isn't good enough - in fact in terms of electronics it's not even on the same planet |
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| 654453 | 2008-05-17 06:45:00 | Aha. Ah wheel, I'll have to wait for another fine day when I can get an identical one. | Greg (193) | ||
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