Author Topic: Desperate need of a fairly old hard drive (Read 3712 times)

The Shoctor · « **Reply #15 on:** September 12, 2005, 07:20:38 AM »

I think you mean spin up and initialize. It may just be silly nomenclature, but when I hear boot I think of OS.

Czar · « **Reply #16 on:** September 12, 2005, 12:36:08 PM »

Quote from: "ShadoHawk"

I think you mean spin up and initialize. It may just be silly nomenclature, but when I hear boot I think of OS.

True. No its just my ignorance and poor choice of words. :down:

Negley97 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 12, 2005, 05:35:12 PM »

It doesn't boot at all, its almost as if the power connector is shorting out. When I plug the drive in and try to turn on the computer the lights flicker and all power is lost in the computer, nothing works. As soon as I take the drive out and power the computer on everything works. Very odd.

Czar · « **Reply #18 on:** September 13, 2005, 11:57:59 AM »

Quote from: "Negley97"

It doesn't boot at all, its almost as if the power connector is shorting out. When I plug the drive in and try to turn on the computer the lights flicker and all power is lost in the computer, nothing works. As soon as I take the drive out and power the computer on everything works. Very odd.

Hm..then it may not work. However, Lemme know and Id be willing to meet up and try out my lil` device on it.

.:F3ar0n:. · « **Reply #19 on:** September 13, 2005, 12:25:31 PM »

do you still need a hard drive? I have a bunch (3) 8 gb hard drives just sitting around and collecting dust. Your more then welcome to have one. Will you be attending the 50 man lan? If not, pm me with shipping info. I can ship one out to you. If your attending the lan, or will see someone soon who is attending the lan, let me know and I'll bring one. Hope I can help

It definitly sounds like a short (no fake, I know) Nothings rubbing is it. Usually, if you don't see smoke, your gonna be ok ( I know I'm getting quoted on that statement

) If you get it to run, look up a program called ghost. You can make 1:1 copies of your hd to cd/dvd/ and other hds. It's a nice tool but boots via floppy :cry:

Let me know

David

F3ar0n

The Shoctor · « **Reply #20 on:** September 13, 2005, 01:00:01 PM »

You can also make it boot from a CD. I guess thats a bit more advanced.

HungOdonkey · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2005, 04:36:50 PM »

I probably have what your looking for. I just moved back to the area and I have a crapload of 6.4 gig WD harddrives. I need to dig them out but I would bet I have one you can use unless its some unique drive.

Negley97 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 08, 2006, 11:44:45 AM »

Only requirement is the model numbers need to match.

Author Topic: Desperate need of a fairly old hard drive (Read 3712 times)

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