On Monday 02 April 2007, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 12:23:10PM -0700, Lynn Newton wrote: > > Never mind *why* it happened for now. I want my files back. > > Do you have any way of yanking the precious drive and putting it in > another, working machine? No need to boot from it, just get it in a > working machine. If you can, then you may be able to get everything off > of it yourself. If you can get to a Linux machine then it'll obviously > be easier. If not, check out sysresccd.org. > > You may be tempted to keep trying things with the old machine, but since > it's being cranky and you don't really know why, I recommend getting the > drive out of it ASAP. Ditto that, get it to someone else with a linux box or even windows so you can boot with a Knoppix disc, just so you can verify that drive is working. I would bet your motherboard is panicking, which is why your USB failed in the first place. Your drive is probably perfectly good. nathan -- --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss