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perr View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 05:52 PM Post #31
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 12-September 08 Member No.: 238,147	Yes. You must have the bios set to check for boot sector virus. SR wants to access the boot sector and the boot sector virus function in the bios is stopping it. Are you seeing the usb drive?

mike=)). View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 05:58 PM Post #32
Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-September 08 From: somewhere near Amsterdam Member No.: 236,470	done... boot sector virus disabled in BIOS now Y and looks for mass storage devices I don't understand the results... Dos A: Undetermined format Drive 0: Add-On/Master Part 1 NTFS or OS/2 HPFS Part 2 NTFS or OS/2 HPFS -GAP- unpartioned space {that's all} [color="#FF0000"]EDIT[/color] Looking at Dos A "Unable to read sector Zero SpinRite is unable to read the first secto of this removanle device" This post has been edited by mike=)).: Oct 4 2008, 06:00 PM

perr View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:02 PM Post #33
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 12-September 08 Member No.: 238,147	Try rebooting. Drive 0 is probably the active C drive. A may be the usb drive as you don't have an A drive.

mike=)). View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:07 PM Post #34
Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-September 08 From: somewhere near Amsterdam Member No.: 236,470	yes, i think so too. the drive 0 configuration looks about correc for the laptop. Looking at Dos A "Unable to read sector Zero SpinRite is unable to read the first sector of this removabnle device" ...not promising?

perr View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:11 PM Post #35
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 12-September 08 Member No.: 238,147	Yeh, sorry to say, but it appears the drive is dead. You can try putting the drive in a machine with an ide connection and try again but I don't have much hope. We tried! Musky was right again, damn him. LOL! This post has been edited by perr: Oct 4 2008, 06:12 PM

Musky View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:17 PM Post #36
New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 12-September 08 Member No.: 238,154	I would definitely install the drive to the IDE bus before I gave up on it. USB connections are usually not recognized as Hard drive controllers by the system BIOS and thus by Spinrite. -------------------- ^{If the voices inside my head paid rent, I'd be rich!}

mike=)). View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:17 PM Post #37
Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-September 08 From: somewhere near Amsterdam Member No.: 236,470	OK... so if it a mechancal failure (and that is what it sounds like), what are the chances of opening the drive and finding out what is wrong (maybe the arm dislocated....)?? Or try the freezer method.... put in freezer for 2 hours (DRY) then remove and start-up and transfer data??

perr View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:21 PM Post #38
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 12-September 08 Member No.: 238,147	As Musky said, I would try it on an IDE connection. The freezer probably won't work as that is usually a bearing failure. But what the hell, any port in a storm. This post has been edited by perr: Oct 4 2008, 06:22 PM

Musky View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:27 PM Post #39
New Member Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 12-September 08 Member No.: 238,154	If the drive is spinning and since you say you hear it, it probably is, and if it's not making any loud noises or "screeches", then I don't think the read/right head or "armature" is damaged. Try what we said about installing it as an internal drive first. The theory behind putting the drive in the freezer is if the platters have become warped from overheating, in theory, you can cool them down which will in effect "shrink" them so that they won't rub against the inside of the drive case until they heat up again, meanwhile you may be able to get some data off. I have done this with some success, it takes a lot of patience. But these were drives that I could hear rubbing against the case. I don't think that's what you're experiencing. This post has been edited by Musky: Oct 4 2008, 06:29 PM -------------------- ^{If the voices inside my head paid rent, I'd be rich!}

mike=)). View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:30 PM Post #40
Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-September 08 From: somewhere near Amsterdam Member No.: 236,470	OK, thanks guys !!! I'll try the IDE connection later on main PC. I have no jumper switch, or way to find the settings as slave. Asd a last resort, I may open the drive to examine the physical damage. (curiously, as a professional, I design clean-rooms for the pharmaceutical industry, and now even have Sony as client for one of their CD-coating factories. So I might be able to do the job under clean-room conditions) Thanks again for the help, and I'm sure the software will come in handy forother stuff

mike=)). View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:33 PM Post #41
Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-September 08 From: somewhere near Amsterdam Member No.: 236,470	It's the three loud clicks which indicate physical damage imo. Three clicks, then it goes silent. I wonder how much is needed to put the disc itself into another drive. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...rs_and_head.jpg This post has been edited by mike=)).: Oct 4 2008, 06:34 PM

perr View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:33 PM Post #42
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 12-September 08 Member No.: 238,147	Look here for your jumpers. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=w...mp;aq=f&oq=

mike=)). View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:39 PM Post #43
Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-September 08 From: somewhere near Amsterdam Member No.: 236,470	OK, thanks. btw.. if sector zero can't be read, that means the disc itself is damaged on that sector (unlikely) or that the mechanical stuff (arm) isn't working...right?

perr View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:48 PM Post #44
Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: 12-September 08 Member No.: 238,147	At this point that can't really be ascertained untill you try it in an IDE machine. As Musky said, many laptop bios cannot read a usb device on the boot. Good luck and please let us know what you find for our future knowledge. That would be very helpful.

mike=)). View Member Profile	Oct 4 2008, 06:52 PM Post #45
Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 6-September 08 From: somewhere near Amsterdam Member No.: 236,470	OK.. I will let you know. Thanks for the help !!

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