From: Rob Bell (rbell1_at_netscape.net)
Date: Fri Oct 06 2000 - 17:22:01 EDT
Help!
The hard drive (Hitachi 12GB) on my 600X seems to have gone south. The laptop
was sitting on my desk purring along all day (not really being used), and when
I went to shut it down it made a strange chit-chit-chit noise each time it
tried to access the drive. Of course, every app crashed and the system
finally crashed too. When I try to boot I can get a little ways into the
Windows 2000 boot process (the first black screen with the white bar at the
bottom), then Win2K craps out with an error that it can't access a file
(different every time). There is no BIOS test option to run any diagnostics.
I called IBM support and they would be willing to ship a replacement if they
had one, but they're on backorder. I'm not really so concerned about getting
my system back up and running quickly (it's my secondary), but I certainly
need some files off the drive. My latest backup is about 3 weeks old, so I've
got a bunch of things, but there's always those last few documents and e-mails
that I still need. Anyone have ideas to help me access the drive??
I believe I can install it in the UltraBay of my old 770 which I thankfully
haven't given back to my company yet. With the way the disk acted though, I
don't think I'll be able to read any files long enough to copy them off.
Bah! Had a 770 for almost three years with NO PROBLEMS and now I've had the
600X for a month and it dies! ARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!
Thanks for any ideas...
Rob
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