SOTL wrote:
>Hi All
>
>Lets be clear about the sequence of events here.
>
>1. First, I entered a web site which may or [may not] have caused a HD
>issue. I suspect yes because of the response of the drive and because I
>have had this happen in the past. How I do not have a clue; that is way
>above my level.
>
>2. My normal method of solving these type of issues is to reinstall the
>system which is Mandrake 9.1. Problem I have no idea where the system disk
>but I did find the 9.2 disk which system I do not like. The 9.1 disk is DVD
>while the 9.2 is CD. There are major differences between the DVD and CD
>version; the DVD having all the programs in the CD version plus a number of
>ones including like Midnight Commander which I like. Since I plan on
>upgrading to 10.1 ASAP I decided I would sacrifice the additional programs
>in 9.1 and update to 9.2.
>
>3. At this point I can still boot Windows. Being some what whipped out I
>did what I should never do and started trying to repair a computer. I thus
>proceed to put the install / update first disk of 9.2 in the old CD drive.
>
>
>
First I would try a live distro such as Knoppix and see if your hardware
works.
Fdisk mbr may fix your hard disk booting.
Disks I have used to install if they find the old Linux may offer to
boot installed
system.
If you want to save data I would put in another drive as master and make
you old
one slave. You may have to leave the old drive unplugged while you
install the OS
on the new one. After a successful install plug the old drive back in
and see what
you can recover. On the problem drive do not run scandisk. It makes data
almost
totally unrecoverable.
Richard Smoot
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