Hi, Vince, David, et al - be warned, I've come up for air, again ;-)
Vince - re 209921 - you DO feel the fact that my own operating system CD's are for XP HOME, while XP PRO had been loaded on to the laptop by a techie when doing a reinstall - would make a difference??. IOW, either reformat (ng at the moment) . . OR ..use an XP Pro operating system CD on the offending machine when using the repair/reboot method?? (That techie 'owes me')
Our 'guru' had not felt it should make a difference ;-(. He'd used the repair protocol, learned via the 'diagnostics' that the harddrive itself IS okay. Re-ran the 'repair' protocol twice, each time getting 'unable to access data' reports.. "
And David, (1) re: 209935 - "But, when the data is still there, there are tools that are capable of seeking out and restoring what is left of your deleted files" - What are these? ;-)
Re: 'put drive into another (ANY OTHER?) computer, or, use a Linux Boot CD on my machine, whatever it's currently loaded with?? Are these Linux Boot CDs generally available/downloadable/etc? ;-))
And to one and all, my sincere apologies for being obtuse/dismayed, at not 'getting it right immediately' when trying to acurately describe, or even know, what the issues are or may be. Hopefully, we'll all survive, and succeed ;-))
Gulp, and regards!!
FB
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "vincentwinterling" <vincewinterling@...> wrote:
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> I'm guessing you're talking about having purchased a used laptop?
>
> You will need to reformat the hard drive to change from XP Pro to Home.
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> The power issue doesn't seem like a problem.
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> What I'm wondering is if the guru was able to see the data on your drive and move it to a safe place?
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> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "fggybttm" <fggybttm@> wrote:
> >
> > Gotta pay $$ for a 2nd-hand stand-in ;-)
> > I followed Roger's advice: "Sometimes a Senior Center or a Civic Center will have help for people like yourself. rogerX", but there, the guru-in-charge cabbaged on to the pc's involved and the adapter while I was relegated to watching.
> > My harddrive seemed to function without any diagnostic hiccups. In the adapter-pc set-up, there didn't seem to be as many adapter-pc connections involved as one video seemed to suggest.
> > We had already tried what you'd first suggested - a "repair", which didn't work. However, my OS CD is XP home while XP pro is loaded on the laptop. Is there potential for 'incompatibility' issues? And, re-connected twice, as you'd hinted.
> > I did learn my HDD needs to be removed from it's own cradle in order to make connections with the Vantec.
> > Also, I noticed that the guru used the same laptop for the power source for my harddrive as well as for display of any of my harddrive's data.. Would that have 'slowed down' any transfer of data?
> > I'm going to try to find a better video, and try again over the weekend. I've sprung for a $200 stand in, so don't feel as stranded.
> > Any second or third thoughts most welcome. Thanks to all.
> > ;-)
> > FB
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In . Sometimes a Senior Center or a Civic Center will have help for people like yourself. rogerX simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "vincentwinterling" <vincewinterling@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Fggy - Good to hear from you. I'm guessing you're paying by the word given your latest message <g>...
> > >
> > > I would first verify you have the connections of all wires with plastic connectors absolutely solid. I have a unit similar to yours and I've found that double checking all connections is worth the extra time.
> > >
> > > Keep in touch. These intervals between posts makes it kind of a challenge to keep up with your issues.
> > >
> > > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, "fggybttm" <fggybttm@> wrote:
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> > > > So far, anyway ;-((
> > > >
> > > > Briefly, when a Windows Vista laptop 'should have' been able to display contents of my XP harddrive, there were repeated I/O error messages. Possible driver trouble re Vantec? Other causes??
> > > >
> > > > ;-((
> > > > FB
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