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Hard drive not recognized by bios.
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Originally Posted by caperjack 
fdisk will not do ,the drive is dead ,not readable anymore!read the links in Salem's post
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Originally Posted by DaniWeb4Jim
OK I guess he knows.
Linux boot cd http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Thanks Salem. At least I know now that unless I wanted to pay for professional data recovery (which I understand is expensive) the drive is DEAD. / Still curious if malware might have corrupted the firmware. / I have a forensic level data recovery program, but assume that will not recognize the drive either.
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Dunno, it might work.
At least the BIOS is managing some kind of communication with the HD, even if it's making a mess of the answer.
At least the BIOS is managing some kind of communication with the HD, even if it's making a mess of the answer.
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,most hackers attacks i heard of are boot sector changes ,not firmware ,i think its just a maxtor harddrive fault
Linux boot cd http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Sounds like corrupt firmware. Buy new drive.
Not the first time i heard of viruses killing firmware though, know someone who had one which installed itself to the MBR so it ran at boot and it maliciously wiped her bios (flashed it with 0s or something i think?). Needed a new mobo.
Not the first time i heard of viruses killing firmware though, know someone who had one which installed itself to the MBR so it ran at boot and it maliciously wiped her bios (flashed it with 0s or something i think?). Needed a new mobo.
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Originally Posted by dgcs
Thanks Salem. At least I know now that unless I wanted to pay for professional data recovery (which I understand is expensive) the drive is DEAD. / Still curious if malware might have corrupted the firmware. / I have a forensic level data recovery program, but assume that will not recognize the drive either.
I have a question what is the professional data recovery software do you have and do you share?
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Originally Posted by DaniWeb4Jim
I hope you get your problem solved.
I have a question what is the professional data recovery software do you have and do you share?
Linux boot cd http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
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Originally Posted by caperjack
they were referring to a professional data recovery company ,not software!
Very knowledgeable group on this site in all of the threads I have started or joined.
One question. I clicked that two or three of mine were done and I have no credit showing that I solved any???!!!??? Any clues as to what happened after it accepted my solving a thread? Anyone?
You dont get credit if you mark your own thread as solved
Moderators dont get credit if they mark a thread solved either, regardless of whether they made it or just replied in it.
You DO get credit for replying to threads which the original poster marks as solved though.
Moderators dont get credit if they mark a thread solved either, regardless of whether they made it or just replied in it.
You DO get credit for replying to threads which the original poster marks as solved though.
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