Re: [Thinkpad] Can't copy some files from C: (mounted as USB externalelsewhere)

It is on the hitachi web site.
----- Original Message -----
From: <awebber@wwwebbers.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Can't copy some files from C: (mounted as USB
externalelsewhere)

> When I google "Drive Fitness Test", I get links to hitachigst.com and to
IBM (the latter to download v3.01). But following the IBM link eventually
takes me to Lenovo and no sign of DFT.
>
> Softpedia (also suggested by google) offers IBM's v4.07 which creates a
bootable floppy (of course my T41p doesn't have a floppy) and points to a CD
images at hitachigst.com. Is it the latter I should be using? Presumably
the CD is bootable.
>
> I don't have a recovery CD (I don't think), Lenovo suggests making one
with R&R but I suspect that won't be successful if I'm still locking up.
:( How much do they charge for recovery CDs?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
> =aw
>
>
>
> >Access should not be denied if used as an external drive, as it is not
part
> >of the operating system. You may have corrupted files, or a bad hard
drive.
> >I suggest you save what you can and try a complete wipe and re-install
> >before you send it in. I would normally suspect bad memory, but in this
> >case, the hard drive is not acting properly in another machine, so I
think
> >you need to focus on the hard drive, either bad or corrupted.
> >Download and run the drive fitness test, that may be of some help.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <awebber@wwwebbers.com>
> >To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> >Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 1:17 PM
> >Subject: [Thinkpad] Can't copy some files from C: (mounted as USB
> >externalelsewhere)
> >
> >
> >> My T41p is acting up. It's either a hardware problem with the screen or
a
> >software problem with a video driver. Before they'll service it, IBM
wants
> >me to update all the drivers.
> >>
> >> That's reasonable enough, but since the symptom is locking up a minute
or
> >two after boot (sometimes sooner) even in Safe Mode (well, it happened
the
> >one time I tried it in Safe Mode, apart from the dozen or so with a
normal
> >boot), I want to back up my files first.
> >>
> >> Shouldn't be too hard, I took the internal drive (whatever IBM offered
as
> >a 60Gb, 7200RPM) out and hooked it up to a USB port on a desktop machine.
> >The latter recognized it right away.
> >>
> >> The problem is that I can copy many files from drive N: (my notebook's
C:
> >drive) but not all, including N:\Documents and Settings\Andrew (!) for
which
> >I get the message that it "...is not accessible. Access is denied.".
> >>
> >> Until a month ago I had most of my data in C:\DATA (holdover from the
old
> >days) and only recently moved it under "My Documents". :(
> >>
> >> Why would the folder be inaccessible? I created an account on this
desktop
> >machine with the name "Andrew" and the same password, to no avail. Is it
> >likely because the notebook has been shutting down abnormally? If I can
get
> >it to stay up long enough to shut down, am I likely to have access to
this
> >folder? Or is there something more insidious going on?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> =aw
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Received on Fri Jan 19 15:17:18 2007