Is this really the end of my hard drive?

[Plonking]

Originally Posted by bmxbandit

if the linux drive is still not recognised by the bios, and there's some really important data on it you colud always try The Freezer Trickââ€Æ¦Ã‚¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢.

or, just take it apart and play with the magnets

Hehe, that's not a bad plan I'll research it a bit, and give it a go - it's not like I have got anything to lose
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Originally Posted by Raistlin

How much were you thinking about paying for that drive?

Not sure really - in all fairness, I probably won't get one that size, I was just trying to make myself feel better by thinking 'I'll get a bigger, better one, now ' It also depends on how much money I have left in my bank, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see
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Originally Posted by Paul

What drive did you lose stuff from? At least you have got a working PC again, better than the alternative I suppose

I managed to lost my old 20gb linux drive. It was quite a lucky setup that I ended up having - one which I will definitely use again My disaster action plan was almost ruined by not knowing the admin password, but, thanks to you, there was only one disaster, rather than two

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Plonking

Not sure really - in all fairness, I probably won't get one that size, I was just trying to make myself feel better by thinking 'I'll get a bigger, better one, now ' It also depends on how much money I have left in my bank, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see

Take a look at www.aria.co.uk, they've got some great prices on HDDs at the moment.

http://www.aria.co.uk/ProductsList.a...age=1&SortBy=1

[Plonking]

will do, thanks for the link

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by Plonking

I managed to lost my old 20gb linux drive. It was quite a lucky setup that I ended up having - one which I will definitely use again My disaster action plan was almost ruined by not knowing the admin password, but, thanks to you, there was only one disaster, rather than two

I always keep operating systems on seperate partitions or drives just in case, especially if I'm playing with Linux. Good thing I remembered that some places don't password the Admin account on pre-loaded PCs lol