hard drive crash ????

Brendan,

You've described symptoms of a hard drive probably gone south. With the chassis
opened up, power up the system, and put your hand on the hard drive. Does it
vibrate when powered up, indicating that it is spinning? Does the drive make
its usual clicking noise as it recalibrates itself? When you access the
motherboard's BIOS CMOS setup menus, does the motherboard BIOS indicate presence
of the drive (assuming that the BIOS is capable of doing so)? If the answer to
these questions is "No", and you've checked and double checked cable and power
connections, the drive is probably history... Ben Myers

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:38:29 +0100, "Brendan" <bmc_curdy@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
>powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run post
>and press f2 to enter coms
>both of which I can start.
>I`ve tried switching the jumpers
>and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get to the
>boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the same
>spec`s
>and got the same results.
>
>is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard drive
>
>Any ideas
>Brendan
>
>

In article <3FF05E29.3E3C0BC2@swbell.net>,
Alvin Brown <alvin1@swbell.net> wrote:

>Hello
>
>Well from what your saying time to get a new hard drive
>
>Alvin
>

He's got a Packard Bell; He needs a new computer.

>
>Brendan wrote:
>

>> Hi,
>> I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
>> powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run post
>> and press f2 to enter coms
>> both of which I can start.
>> I`ve tried switching the jumpers
>> and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get to the
>> boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the same
>> spec`s
>> and got the same results.
>>
>> is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard drive
>>
>> Any ideas
>> Brendan

>

--
Al Dykes
-----------
adykes@panix.com

did you place the HD from the woeking system
in the non working system
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:3ff0660b.17948672@news.charter.net...

> Brendan,
>
> You've described symptoms of a hard drive probably gone south. With the

chassis

> opened up, power up the system, and put your hand on the hard drive. Does

it

> vibrate when powered up, indicating that it is spinning? Does the drive

make

> its usual clicking noise as it recalibrates itself? When you access the
> motherboard's BIOS CMOS setup menus, does the motherboard BIOS indicate

presence

> of the drive (assuming that the BIOS is capable of doing so)? If the

answer to

> these questions is "No", and you've checked and double checked cable and

power

> connections, the drive is probably history... Ben Myers
>
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:38:29 +0100, "Brendan" <bmc_curdy@hotmail.com>

wrote:

>

> >Hi,
> >I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
> >powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run

post

> >and press f2 to enter coms
> >both of which I can start.
> >I`ve tried switching the jumpers
> >and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get to

the

> >boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the same
> >spec`s
> >and got the same results.
> >
> >is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard

drive

> >
> >Any ideas
> >Brendan
> >
> >

>

You could always boot from a f;oppy and see if C: is present, if so the
drive is there and if you install a second boot drive you may be able to
save data.

the_gnome

"metronid" <metronid@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:mIKdnccT9rq0Am2iRVn-ig@comcast.com...

> did you place the HD from the woeking system
> in the non working system
> <ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
> news:3ff0660b.17948672@news.charter.net...

> > Brendan,
> >
> > You've described symptoms of a hard drive probably gone south. With the

> chassis

> > opened up, power up the system, and put your hand on the hard drive.

Does

> it

> > vibrate when powered up, indicating that it is spinning? Does the drive

> make

> > its usual clicking noise as it recalibrates itself? When you access the
> > motherboard's BIOS CMOS setup menus, does the motherboard BIOS indicate

> presence

> > of the drive (assuming that the BIOS is capable of doing so)? If the

> answer to

> > these questions is "No", and you've checked and double checked cable and

> power

> > connections, the drive is probably history... Ben Myers
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:38:29 +0100, "Brendan" <bmc_curdy@hotmail.com>

> wrote:

> >

> > >Hi,
> > >I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
> > >powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run

> post

> > >and press f2 to enter coms
> > >both of which I can start.
> > >I`ve tried switching the jumpers
> > >and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get

to

> the

> > >boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the

same

> > >spec`s
> > >and got the same results.
> > >
> > >is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard

> drive

> > >
> > >Any ideas
> > >Brendan
> > >
> > >

> >

>
>

test reply
"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
news:bsq51n$lrh$1@panix5.panix.com...

> In article <3FF05E29.3E3C0BC2@swbell.net>,
> Alvin Brown <alvin1@swbell.net> wrote:

> >Hello
> >
> >Well from what your saying time to get a new hard drive
> >
> >Alvin
> >

>
> He's got a Packard Bell; He needs a new computer.
>

> >
> >Brendan wrote:
> >

> >> Hi,
> >> I have a parkardbell aloh@ which will not boot when I turn on the pc it
> >> powers up and on the screen it says Packard bell, and press esc to run

post

> >> and press f2 to enter coms
> >> both of which I can start.
> >> I`ve tried switching the jumpers
> >> and booting with the recovery floppy disk.but it does not seem to get

to the

> >> boot sequence i have put the hard drive in another Aoh@ pc with the

same

> >> spec`s
> >> and got the same results.
> >>
> >> is there a way to solve this problem or as I think I need a new hard

drive

> >>
> >> Any ideas
> >> Brendan

> >

>
>
> --
> Al Dykes
> -----------
> adykes@panix.com
>