Trust me, in my world "Hex" is a witches curse! On 02/18/2012 09:49 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > I'll look into it.... but if they are beyond you they will be > exponentially beyond me! > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Stu > wrote: > > Just a suggestion, have you thought about giving UBCD a try? > There's a bunch of software tools on it, most of which are way > beyond me, but I have managed to salvage a couple of hard drives > with it in the past. > > http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ > > > > On 02/17/2012 04:27 PM, Technomage Hawke wrote: > > you can load a live DVD into the system and then try one of > the many HDD test tools (badblocks with no options is a safe > bet and will tell you almost immediately if there are any > problems). I know there is another command line tool that can > test drive throughput and read the SMART tables on the > controller. I can't remember its name off hand, but it is a > good one to test the drive electronics. > > -eric > > On Feb 17, 2012, at 10:05 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > > Yep.... I think I had a hard disk failure. I restarted my > computer and was presented with: > > error: unknown filesystem. > grub rescue> > > I then typed 'ls' and the response was > > (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos1) (fd0) > > which is two partitions, the swap drive, and the floppy disk > how do I verify my suspicion of drive failure? > funny how all this happened just as I was attempting to > back it up. > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss