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Subject: Re: HD Error...My baby won't boot!

Re: HD Error...My baby won't boot!

From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:07:48 +0100

>>It's worse than I thought. I couldn't back up my files, because there were
>>errors all over the place. So I did a complete reformat, knowing that all
>>data would be lost. Since it was all CDs I own, I can replace it.
>>ANYWAY..even after I have erased everything on the hard drive and have
>>completely reformatted, I still cannot get my unit to boot up. I get the
>>"Jukebox Ver: 5.08", then a quick HD Error, then a flicker and a shut down.
>>I guess the hard drive is worse off than I thought. Any suggestions, other
>>than warm up my credit card?
>>
>yes remove the hard drive and insert it in a laptop then do a low level
>format with approriate dos tools (like ultimate boot cd), it worked for me
>several times.

For low level formatting you would be wise to obtain the low level
formatter which is supplied by the people who manufactured your drive and
is sepcificially designed for your drive. A failed LL_Format is
unrecoverable - be careful.

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