#Hard Drive *GRONK*
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Well, I've done it this time. My 210-meg Quantum has been flaky from the
start, and my Trumpcard controller is garbage, just like the support I got
from them (someone may flame about that, but I'm just telling it like it
is). Now I've got real troubles. Yesterday, while doing a few moves and
renames of my Saturday Compuserve download haul, the drive suddenly went
*GRONK* and I got a read-error message. I got a write-error message a few
seconds later. I tried a reboot, and the drive is no longer DOS. I have
several weeks of stuff not backed up! (I know, I know) I've gotten drives
to recover from the brink of death before, but this one is really scary!
One of my next steps is to get a different drive controller — I'm really
unhappy with Trumpcard, but I'm frantically looking around for something
that can recover this stuff from my drive. Any suggestions?
Don Weed
Don–
Does the drive spin up? Some older Quantums have stiction problems.
Jonathan
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It spins up just fine. I'm trying to use DiskSalv on it, but the size of
the drive, the 10-meg PC pseudo-drive, and the 24-bit files cause many
problems. Is there a DiskSalv that would save the stuff across multiple
disks, because that's what would work.
Don
DiskSalv can save onto multiple disks. It can even format the disks as
needed if you don't have enough ready.
Betty
I have tried to make it work that way, but after several failures I stopped
believing it could be done. I'll go back and re-read the docs. Thanks!
Don Weed
Don–
The DiskSalv that I got from CIS did the trick for me, and will save across
multiple disks…but I don't think that it will break up files. I borrowed
a SyQuest for my recovery effort, so large files were not a problem.
Jonathan
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I can live without the large files. I have a (fairly) fresh PC backup, and
I have most of the 24-bit images in JPEG format as well. Obviously I
haven't discovered all of DiskSalv's possibilities. By the way, I just
ordered Quarterback and Quarterback Tools.
Don Weed