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My PC crashed, how do I get my stuff off the HD ??

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by no74, Aug 21, 2006.

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  1. no74

    no74 Member

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    thank you. nice and simple. props.

    this will be my first experience with linux.
     
    no74, Aug 25, 2006
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  2. dolphin2

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    A bit facetious, perhaps.
     
    dolphin2, Aug 25, 2006
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  3. no74

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    its all for fun.
     
    no74, Aug 25, 2006
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    im not a newbie any more.

    yay me.

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    do people get mad if i double post like that?
     
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    no74, Aug 25, 2006
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  5. dolphin2

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    Mad, no. But it's not recommended. If you look at your last post, on the right hand side, there is a little note pad icon. Use that to edit your last post and it will prevent the double posting.
     
    dolphin2, Aug 25, 2006
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  6. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    And also don't post regarding your status, that's also frowned upon.
     
    sammorris, Aug 25, 2006
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  7. no74

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    will do
     
    no74, Aug 25, 2006
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  8. dolphin2

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    The download listing should look like this:

    KNOPPIX_V5.0.1CD-2006-06-01-EN.iso 02-Jun-2006 16:49 696M

    Translated: It's version 5.0.1 in CD format. It's in English. The realese date is 1 June 2006 and it was posted 2 June 2006 @ 16:49. The file size is 696MB.

    Be sure to get the latest version and one that is in English (EN).
     
    dolphin2, Aug 25, 2006
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    sammorris Senior member

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    I could translate all that, hooray for me!
     
    sammorris, Aug 25, 2006
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  10. FredBun

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    no74, the good news here is you are getting some good information about differnt ways of doing this, the bad news is that all that info is way over your head, I'm in the same league you are, epecially after hearing you say explain it to way in a way you can easily understand, believe me these guys are computer savvy, even when they speak its almost another language, these guys are pro's, people like me and you havent even reached first base yet, I wish I could be of some better help for you, there are some sites I do visit once in a while that might have an easier answer, if I find one I will gladly get back, if not it's not that I didnt try, good luck.
     
    FredBun, Aug 25, 2006
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  11. dolphin2

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    @FredBun
    Sorry that you feel it's all "over your head". I've tried to keep things simple but some things can't be explained in one or two words.

    Stick around, you may learn a thing or two, or three! :)
     
    dolphin2, Aug 25, 2006
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  12. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    I'm sorry to hear that, unfortunately when like minds are about we talk in the most efficient ways possible to save our little fingers from typing all the time, using acronyms and all that. If there's anything you don't understand what we said, reply or PM us and we'll explain in easier to understand language!
     
    sammorris, Aug 26, 2006
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  13. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    @no74 - sounds so far like your hard drive is buggered and if none of the recommended options work sounds like you're out of luck. Some people out there recommend giving the drive a slight tap (which i DON'T recommend as is guaranteed to finish off the drive). Every time i've done it it's got the drive to actually respond, however it's only ever got grinding noises ie crashed the drive heads or whatever. Then i give the drive more than a slght tap ie i bounce from 5feet in the air. But i digress, i read you tried the drive in a.n.other pc and it's no-go. Not sure what to suggest if knoppix can't 'see' the drive, does sound like the drive has had it..
     
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  14. sammorris

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    Hehe the only drive I've had fail so far (touches wood) is one that sort of went up in smoke from a bad PSU, so I knew that was finished.
     
    sammorris, Aug 26, 2006
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    mmm if I talk to complex I talk jibberish so I ahve to keep it simple *L*
     
    ZippyDSM, Aug 26, 2006
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  16. sammorris

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    LOL I've noticed that! No offence Zippy, but even I find you hard to understand sometimes!
     
    sammorris, Aug 26, 2006
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    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    i've had many a mainframe hard drive (the size of washing machines) fail on me with spectacular results, we're talking heads crashing with very loud bangs and bits of disc platter and electronics flying around; we used to have a huge room of them - removable drives in see-through 'enclosures' that you'd spin-down via a command or two then unscrew the actual enclosures containing the hard drive and swap drives in then resynch ie mirror from the source drives, then we'd start the overnight batch runs.
    Anyway i digress, i've had many many PC hard drives die on me and it's been very rare to ever get anything back off them.
     
    creaky, Aug 26, 2006
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  18. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Well, I haven't tried yet. My 200GB Caviar SE8-IDE is still in a cardboard coffin...
     
    sammorris, Aug 26, 2006
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  19. ZippyDSM

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    sammorris
    like I said I am either somewhat coherant or ralk in the lanage of the enlighten i.e. jiberish :p
     
    ZippyDSM, Aug 26, 2006
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  20. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    In that case the latter LOL! Anyway, back on topic. Let us know if you have any success no74.
     
    sammorris, Aug 26, 2006
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