Dell 537 was getting "Unmountable_Boot_Error and Status 79 during a self test. Dell is sending a new hard drive. Put the Dell drive as a secondary hard drive in my Acer, but will not allow me to access the drive. It says I have to format it first. I just put another hard drive as the secondary driver with no problem accessing the information on the drive. At this point, is there another way to get some files off the bad drive? I was told there were some letters that need to be recovered if possible. She may willing to pay someone if that is the only option on recovering the data.
Recover data from bad hard drive
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Good luck with that, I had the same problem a while back. I could not figure out how to access it. I tried the Linux live CD (I run linux so I have the CDs) and it did not work. I gave up an reformatted it. All I want to know is why did the HD do it in the first place.
Here is the thread I made about my HD problem: http://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthre...053#Post1936053
You need to burn the Linux ISO to a CD or DVD.
You need to burn the Linux ISO to a CD or DVD.
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Where do I get Linux live? How do you use it?
Here's a good tutorial:
http://lifehacker.com/192982/geek-to-live--rescue-files-with-a-boot-cd
Where do I get Linux live? How do you use it?
Here's a good tutorial:
http://lifehacker.com/192982/geek-to-live--rescue-files-with-a-boot-cd
Tried to install Linux Live, then Knoppix 6.2. Could not get through all the commands. I put in a trusty Ubuntu 9.10 in try without installing mode. Told me one drive was probably failing. However, I could see My Documents. Copying to flash now. Thanks!
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