It can’t find the hard drive. My computer can’t find it’s hard drive.
I found it just fine, but I don’t know how to read it so it wasn’t much help. Hey, computer, I thought, it’s right here! Here it is! I’ll reseat these connections and maybe that will help you see it.
No luck there.
There is luck in my Dad having gotten the extended warantee/service agreement for me when they got this computer. This means they’ll just mail a new hard drive to me and I send them the old one.
I’m just concerned about the data. How do I get the data off the old hard drive? To be clear, how do I get the data so I can use it and how to I wipe the old drive so THEY don’t have access to the data?
January 31st, 2005 at 7:17 pm
Hmm. . . that is a tough predicament. Especially the part about making sure they don’t have access to the data. If your computer could detect the drive, then you could just reformat. There’s the rub. There are companies out there that specialize in this sort of thing, but I don’t have any experience with any of them.
-DO
February 7th, 2005 at 2:37 pm
I got a couple recomendations now. One for a place which won’t charge if they don’t recover any data.
*fingers, arms, toes, and legs crossed*