anyone noe anythin bout hdd's?
 

my 200 gig crashed some lil time ago
and i figured id see if anyone here knew what to do
it doesnt let me get into
when i boot with the hdd in
it says "disk is dirty"
anyone know what to do to get my files out?

is that the one that you locked to your xbox mobo?

nope
i was using it in a pc by itself
and it crashed one day
and displayed that

well unfortunately, i don't know of much things you can do :(, other than trying to reformating it....but that kinda sucks

go to www.maxtor.com and download maxblast 3 i think its called and check if the hdd is faulty if its not, then u mite be able to fix the problem without having to format good luck :)

tyler suggested gettin an external enclosure
im probably gonan try that...
if that doesnt work.. then ill just reformat it i guess
im hopin i dont have to
alottta good stuff i want on there

anyone else got any suggestions?

this worked for me: xp ntfs file system

boot from 2nd good hd
Install partition magic in 2nd drive
shutdown
slave the hd with desired data
reboot
use PM to find the partition on the questionable hd
use PM to delete the primary partition and change
to a logical.
reboot after PM finishes.


Puter sees questionable drive as a logical drive.

btw, this method will take quite a while on 200gig :(

theres a lot of other utilities that might work also.

good luck
Loader

id be willin to wait
but when i boot with the hdd in
it goes through a series of checks
then is like
100% complete
...
thats it
just sits there
i waited a half hour
nothin..
so how cani boot to that?

I can get your info back. But it will cost you your soul! :eek:




The Dark Lord

hehe
can u actually?
or ur just playin with ur name

Dont you believe me?:eek:



The Dark Lord.

never!
i dont think satan has a computer!
u fruit!

now thats were ur wrong! :rolleyes: MWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
cof cof
cooof
man i need to quit smoking
:D

hehe