Last night I went to use my computer, and when it got to the Windows start logo, I hear this nifty little "Click, whirrrrr . . . Click, whirrrrrr . . . ", etc. The HDD light stayed on while this was going on.
First thought in my head? "Aw, <b>CRAP</b>!!!" My life ('s work) was flashing before my eyes. My hard drive was diving on me and I was about to s**t bricks. Looked like my Maxtor 6.4GB Quantum FireBall was finally biting the dust, after 3 years of use. I say finally, because the first one that came with the system died after 2 months. This moment was inevitable, in my book. That's why I am in the process of getting a new HDD. Guess I didn't act quickly enough.
I let it sit for a minute, then got my boot disk and rebooted. Turns out that my whole hard drive isn't toast, just the Windows directory. I still have access to My Documents and Program Files through DOS. <wipe brow> I can also access my CD-ROM and CD-RW drives through DOS.
<font color=red>Does anybody know how I can get my files off of my HDD before I try to resurrect it?</font color=red> If I can do this, then the only info I will truly lose are the files I had in the folders on my Desktop. Like I mentioned, with my boot disk I still have access to my CD-RW. Also, my internal Zip is listed during boot, but I can't seem to access it.
<font color=red>Is it possible to burn to my CD-RW in DOS mode?</font color=red> I have an HP CD Writer 9100+. Is there a DOS driver for this, or a program I can use to burn to it?
<font color=red>How about copying to Zip?</font color=red> I have both an internal and an external (parallel), is there a way to get them recognized in DOS mode so I can just copy files over?
<font color=red>Any other methods?</font color=red> I might be able to copy files to my wife's laptop, but I am not exactly sure what program I would need to do it.
Please advise.
VSP
P.S.: Sorry for all of the <font color=red>red</font color=red>, but that is what I am seeing right now.
<i>Thoughts are thinking; Thunk from knowing
<b>nwod</b> gniog em peek reverof sthguohT</i>
First thought in my head? "Aw, <b>CRAP</b>!!!" My life ('s work) was flashing before my eyes. My hard drive was diving on me and I was about to s**t bricks. Looked like my Maxtor 6.4GB Quantum FireBall was finally biting the dust, after 3 years of use. I say finally, because the first one that came with the system died after 2 months. This moment was inevitable, in my book. That's why I am in the process of getting a new HDD. Guess I didn't act quickly enough.
I let it sit for a minute, then got my boot disk and rebooted. Turns out that my whole hard drive isn't toast, just the Windows directory. I still have access to My Documents and Program Files through DOS. <wipe brow> I can also access my CD-ROM and CD-RW drives through DOS.
<font color=red>Does anybody know how I can get my files off of my HDD before I try to resurrect it?</font color=red> If I can do this, then the only info I will truly lose are the files I had in the folders on my Desktop. Like I mentioned, with my boot disk I still have access to my CD-RW. Also, my internal Zip is listed during boot, but I can't seem to access it.
<font color=red>Is it possible to burn to my CD-RW in DOS mode?</font color=red> I have an HP CD Writer 9100+. Is there a DOS driver for this, or a program I can use to burn to it?
<font color=red>How about copying to Zip?</font color=red> I have both an internal and an external (parallel), is there a way to get them recognized in DOS mode so I can just copy files over?
<font color=red>Any other methods?</font color=red> I might be able to copy files to my wife's laptop, but I am not exactly sure what program I would need to do it.
Please advise.
VSP
P.S.: Sorry for all of the <font color=red>red</font color=red>, but that is what I am seeing right now.
<i>Thoughts are thinking; Thunk from knowing
<b>nwod</b> gniog em peek reverof sthguohT</i>