At 02:45 PM 1/28/1999 Paul Villano wrote:
>
> . . . Is there any way to salvage the information
> that was on there? Can I remove the "hard drive" (remember,
> it's a Gateway DX2) and somehow reinstall it onto another machine?
>
Paul:
This should be very easy, so long as the disk parameters
in CMOS were standard (or if you copied the C/H/S settings).
Assuming it is an IDE hard drive:
1. Install the drive in another PC of similar or later vintage;
2. Set the drive select jumpers (master/slave) of the drive
and its partner (if any) on the same IDE channel;
3. Cable the 40-wire data ribbon (red edge towards pin #1);
4. Plug in power;
5. BOOT, go into CMOS and set the disk parameters of the drive**
6. Run your virus protocol; and
7. Transfer the data to another drive (or leave the drive installed).
** if you don't have the Cylinders/Heads/Sectors information (and
CMOS doesn't have hard disk autodetection or there is no
information on the drive itself), use software like IDEID
from Microhouse to determine the driver's parameters.
CF: http://www.solutions.microhouse.com/support/files/misc.htm
HTH.
Dominus vobiscum,
John Chin
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