Crazyness003
New Member
hi, no small talk please.
Some time ago, me and my bro decided to put 2 HDD on the computer. On one (Maxtor 92720U8) we installed WinXp and all other apps, no personal files. On the other (Seagate ST380013A) we pulled it off a previously older computer and put it in this one wilth all personal files, and few apps. No windows on this one.
The kicker---After installing Symantek Norton SystemWorks, and Norton GoBack, and restarting the comp, Windows woldn't load and a black black, dos-like screen appeared with a white "command" line that did nothing but blick for eternity. We unhoocked the Seagate HD and restarted it again and all was normal, except we had no way af accessing our info. So we thought it was goBack's fault, tried to uninstall it, but we couldn't. So we just re-formatted the Maxtor HD and reinstalled WinXP on it. Then hoocked up the Seagate HD. It said that "new hardware installed" but we still couldnt access it. The bios sees it, even the windows device manager sees it. but we cannot access it.
So we called Microsoft and told them the prob. They concluded the partition on the Seagate had collapsed and all hope of recovering the data was lost. I with that was not true
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If anyone can realize this with I would Greatly Appreciate it. I have 5 years worth of info on that HD. any suggestions, post them here or e-mail me:
[email protected]
***Also if there is a way to back up the HDD on DVD's or CD's in the current state of crazyness, that would help aswell. As long as i keep the data, I don't care about the HDD.
Thanks.
Some time ago, me and my bro decided to put 2 HDD on the computer. On one (Maxtor 92720U8) we installed WinXp and all other apps, no personal files. On the other (Seagate ST380013A) we pulled it off a previously older computer and put it in this one wilth all personal files, and few apps. No windows on this one.
The kicker---After installing Symantek Norton SystemWorks, and Norton GoBack, and restarting the comp, Windows woldn't load and a black black, dos-like screen appeared with a white "command" line that did nothing but blick for eternity. We unhoocked the Seagate HD and restarted it again and all was normal, except we had no way af accessing our info. So we thought it was goBack's fault, tried to uninstall it, but we couldn't. So we just re-formatted the Maxtor HD and reinstalled WinXP on it. Then hoocked up the Seagate HD. It said that "new hardware installed" but we still couldnt access it. The bios sees it, even the windows device manager sees it. but we cannot access it.
So we called Microsoft and told them the prob. They concluded the partition on the Seagate had collapsed and all hope of recovering the data was lost. I with that was not true
.If anyone can realize this with I would Greatly Appreciate it. I have 5 years worth of info on that HD. any suggestions, post them here or e-mail me:
[email protected]
***Also if there is a way to back up the HDD on DVD's or CD's in the current state of crazyness, that would help aswell. As long as i keep the data, I don't care about the HDD.
Thanks.
