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  #21  
Old September 3rd 09, 10:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mart
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Default boot from start-up disk failed

Mike,

Just did a 'back-of-an-envelope' price check on Scan site.

A LaCie 300 GB Ext USB HDD (3.5"?) = £126
A WD 320 GB 3.5 IDE HDD (£45) + Newlink 3.5 IDE-USB Enclosure (£11) = £56

AND - you can access the HDD in the Newlink enclosure bg

No contest!!

Oops! - Just seen your post Joan. Hope yours was somewhat cheaper than £126

Mart


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Mart,

Which is what happened. That is, since I was unable to recover the data
and then clean the drive, the owner chose to destroy it himself rather
than return it with the data quite possibly intact. Shame really because
it looked to be a nice bit of kit but with the drive having failed after
less than six months I know I won't be buying a LaCie.
--
Mike



  #22  
Old September 3rd 09, 10:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Noel Paton[_3_]
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Hmmmm......
I just had a fun system to play with (totally OT for this group) - XP lappy
with a 40GB drive, pretty well updated and 'clean' WRT malware.
Owner complained they'd lost a load of JPG files from the box and could I
find them......
turned out there was almost no free space on the HD, and at least 1/2 of
what was there was screwed because of either the 32GB limit in FAT32 (for
XP), or a hardware problem....
After three days of searching with no results, I gave up, and just did a
cleanup on the box (freeing 7GB along the way, despite shrinking the
partition by 3GB), then reformatted to NTFS, and suggested that the owner
get a new HD.....
They asked me to install the new HD (160GB)..... no problem, except for
needing to buy a 2.5"external case, and then waiting for 14hrs for the data
transfer!!
I returned the machine to them this morning - and THEN I find out that the
'lost' files hadn't been seen in months!'...... meanwhile the profile that
they'd been stored in had been deleted....etc...etc.....

I really should learn to dig a little deeper into client problems - but this
one seemed so simple as first presented!
If it hadn't been for another family member needing some help, I'd have lost
serious money on the job - it was a 100mile round trip to deliver the fixed
machine.
AS always, I learnt a few things along the way, which for me is the
important aspect.

--
Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
www.crashfixpc.co.uk
"Mart" wrote in message
...
Mike,

Just did a 'back-of-an-envelope' price check on Scan site.

A LaCie 300 GB Ext USB HDD (3.5"?) = £126
A WD 320 GB 3.5 IDE HDD (£45) + Newlink 3.5 IDE-USB Enclosure (£11) = £56

AND - you can access the HDD in the Newlink enclosure bg

No contest!!

Oops! - Just seen your post Joan. Hope yours was somewhat cheaper than
£126

Mart


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Mart,

Which is what happened. That is, since I was unable to recover the data
and then clean the drive, the owner chose to destroy it himself rather
than return it with the data quite possibly intact. Shame really because
it looked to be a nice bit of kit but with the drive having failed after
less than six months I know I won't be buying a LaCie.
--
Mike




  #23  
Old September 4th 09, 01:50 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Mart,

The external drive I was trying to recover data from was a LaCie 250GB
"Little Disk" (301830) that has both usb2 and FW400 interfaces. Dabs have
them at £64.98. Scan don't appear to stock them. The £126 job that you
found at Scan has a usb2 interface but also has an RJ45 10/100MHz ethernet
interface making it Network Attached Storage (NAS) that can be connected
directly to a router or switch. This capability always adds a fair amount
to the price of a drive as it requires the drive to have a processor (cpu)
and memory.
--
Mike


Mart wrote:

Mike,

Just did a 'back-of-an-envelope' price check on Scan site.

A LaCie 300 GB Ext USB HDD (3.5"?) = £126
A WD 320 GB 3.5 IDE HDD (£45) + Newlink 3.5 IDE-USB Enclosure (£11) =
£56
AND - you can access the HDD in the Newlink enclosure bg

No contest!!

Oops! - Just seen your post Joan. Hope yours was somewhat cheaper
than £126


  #24  
Old September 4th 09, 02:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Mike M
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Default boot from start-up disk failed

Joan Archer wrote:

Glad I didn't buy one of those then g my new drive arrived today
and is sitting here with it's little green light showing me it's on at
least
g


Does that mean you haven't tried using it yet Joan? g I'm surprised you
haven't half filled it already. :-)

I'm busy trying to clear some of my external storage by archiving to DVD but
it seems to be taking me absolutely ages. Might just be because of the
amount that needs to be done vbg. It looks like I'm going to have to
order some more blank DVDs this weekend, I'm getting through them so
quickly. I need to work out how many to order this time round - hopefully
SVP still have free delivery for orders £xx. Phew, it looks as if they
still do, which means I get to buy another tub.
--
Mike

  #25  
Old September 4th 09, 03:20 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
webster72n
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"Mart" wrote in message
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Harry wrote :-

Unless you know one of the astronauts to take it along into space -


Jeepers Harry, we're bad enough at controlling our own pollution here on
earth without dumping it into outer space and inflicting it on to some
other life form.


Didn't I tell you it was a bad idea, too, Mart?
To me this entire situation seems as if not fully explored but, hey, I am
not an "expert" either..... H.

I think the sledge hammer followed by the recycle bin is a better course
of action.

Mart


"webster72n" wrote in message
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"Mart" wrote in message
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Mike, not sure that I would be happy sending a 'faulty' drive back, even
under warranty, if it contained personal data no matter how damaged it
was. I'd be happier destroying it beyond all recognition and write it
off than trusting it to some spotty kid in a 'Returns Department' after
reading the numerous scare stories.


A sledge hammer is the only effective tool I can think of to accomplish
that, Mart, besides machinery or high intensity fire.
Unless you know one of the astronauts to take it along into space -
no, bad idea too g. H.


Mart


"Mike M" wrote in message
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Mart, I've got the tools required including the hammer however I'm not
sure that LaCie would be happy about replacing a defective drive under
warranty if it were to have been returned with the case smashed! vbg
What I was trying to do for my friend was to recover data from the disk
before he returned the drive as being defective.
--
Mike




  #26  
Old September 4th 09, 03:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer[_2_]
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Default boot from start-up disk failed

Hi Mart,
Yes it was definitely cheaper than that or there's no way I would be able to
have bought it. I got a Seagate Expansion 500GB USB Desktop Hard Drive for
£49.99 from Play.com free delivery as well g


--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Mart" wrote in message
...
Mike,

Just did a 'back-of-an-envelope' price check on Scan site.

A LaCie 300 GB Ext USB HDD (3.5"?) = £126
A WD 320 GB 3.5 IDE HDD (£45) + Newlink 3.5 IDE-USB Enclosure (£11) = £56

AND - you can access the HDD in the Newlink enclosure bg

No contest!!

Oops! - Just seen your post Joan. Hope yours was somewhat cheaper than
£126

Mart


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Mart,

Which is what happened. That is, since I was unable to recover the data
and then clean the drive, the owner chose to destroy it himself rather
than return it with the data quite possibly intact. Shame really because
it looked to be a nice bit of kit but with the drive having failed after
less than six months I know I won't be buying a LaCie.
--
Mike




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  #27  
Old September 4th 09, 04:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Joan Archer[_2_]
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lol Not quite half full g no actually to start off I've just done an
image of my Vista machine including the hidden partition that the makers put
on the drive. I haven't got around to setting up a schedule yet, it's Friday
so not as much time to mess about today.

The difference in size makes me laugh this one is sitting on the shelf above
the tower on my desk so it can be left plugged in, it has it's own power
adapter so that's good, and my other drive looks more like a midget compared
to the new one it's not even as big as a notebook. Mind you that one is only
a 2.5" portable, well laptop size, whereas the Seagate is a 3.5" drive in
it's own enclosure.

I still have an image on the small drive but as it's only 80GB I knew I
needed to get a bigger one especially when I want to image both OS's

--
Joan Archer
http://www.freewebs.com/crossstitcher
http://lachsoft.com/photogallery

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Joan Archer wrote:

Glad I didn't buy one of those then g my new drive arrived today
and is sitting here with it's little green light showing me it's on at
least
g


Does that mean you haven't tried using it yet Joan? g I'm surprised you
haven't half filled it already. :-)

I'm busy trying to clear some of my external storage by archiving to DVD
but it seems to be taking me absolutely ages. Might just be because of
the amount that needs to be done vbg. It looks like I'm going to have
to order some more blank DVDs this weekend, I'm getting through them so
quickly. I need to work out how many to order this time round - hopefully
SVP still have free delivery for orders £xx. Phew, it looks as if they
still do, which means I get to buy another tub.
--
Mike


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