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| Thread ID: 81491 | 2007-07-29 07:08:00 | USB interfaces | evofreak (11327) | Press F1 |
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| 573865 | 2007-07-30 05:05:00 | Does it need an external power supply? If so, is it connected to the external power supply. The USB interface will be powered by the USB port; the drive might not be. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 573866 | 2007-07-30 16:22:00 | yeh those 2.5" externals can be a pain because sometimes yoru usb wont supply quite enuf power......some come with a 2'into'1 usb cable so that one end plugs into two usb outputs on the pc and supplies better power........you may also find it'll benefit from an external powersupply..... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 573867 | 2007-07-30 22:17:00 | Seems as though the laptop hard drive may be faulty . Because when I tried with another laptop hard drive, the interface seems to function okay . I am able to see hard drive on PC . It powers off the USB cable . Another question, when I tried to boot with the faulty hard drive on laptop, it was complaining that some registry entries were missing . I coudlnt repair windows because it doesnt let me go into c drive . It reboots straight away . Another option is to re-install windows on top but I dont know if documents will be destroyed . That was my reason behing the interface business . Any ideas/suggestions, please? |
evofreak (11327) | ||
| 573868 | 2007-07-31 03:48:00 | The problem is that you haven't got a file system on the disk . Windows won't "repair" for that reason . A reinsallation has the same problem: it has to have a partitioned, formatted disk . It might be a minor problem . . . a damaged partition table . Fixing that might restore the system . There might have been a hidden partition on the disk containing the OS installation software, or if it's a Compaq (or HP?) a maintenance partition . As long as the Windows partition was at the start of the disk, that won't matter . I think Microsoft partitioning software automatically does a format, and we don't want that . You could try using one of the open source partitioners to allocate the whole disk as one partition, without doing a format . (Unfortunately they might still write a clean FAT table or NTFS equivalent, which is also unwanted :( ) Someone who has used these things (gparted etc) recently might advise . This might let you recover the files off the disk, but it wouldn't be a good idea to boot it and use it without a proper formatting . I think I've heard of partition table repair programmes . Anyone know? |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 573869 | 2007-08-04 02:31:00 | Still no luck, also tried Seatools had 99 errors and test failed to complete. Used another PC with the USB interface and can see folders but not content, no files. Is it possible to use Ghost to take an image, I am assuming this isnt possible? Also, what are the charges like for using Data recovery people? Anyone know of any good places in Auckland? Thanks. |
evofreak (11327) | ||
| 573870 | 2007-08-04 03:13:00 | Maybe you should start from the beginning and explain what happened. The problem seems to be that you have a laptop that was giving trouble and you are trying to recover files rather than a USB problem with a blank hard drive. What OS was the laptop running? |
PaulD (232) | ||
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