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  1. N3ko

    The Hard Drive Houdini

    Very interesting...thanks for the informative explanation Ed. So in the modern day these unorthodox methods would most likely not resolve HD issues...only on old drives.
  2. N3ko

    Unmountable boot volume

    Yeap...after 2 day of experimenting I got it to work :) and for the refrerence...aside from a various other factors, in the end the problem was the 80-con. cable...I just had to replace it from the other comp in which I was using it in, cause it was acting up (I didn't think it was this...
  3. N3ko

    The Hard Drive Houdini

    lol...I think that is a bit obvious, after such procedures I wouldn’t rely on the drive for longer than an hour. but why does this work? Is it due to expansion or condensation?
  4. N3ko

    The Hard Drive Houdini

    I'm not quite sure if this would be a helpful hint but it definitely helped my cousin out. His HD would not work, I don't know the details but he said that he tried everything. He didn't know what else to do so he asked help from a family friend who is supposedly a comp guru. This guy took the...
  5. N3ko

    Unmountable boot volume

    Sorry guys I should have stated some more info. Previously this specific comp worked fine with the same HD mounted on. Well, I changed the cable and it worked...although I don't think it was the cable. According to G0AOZ (thanks for the info) the cable was an 80 and worked fine on another...
  6. N3ko

    Unmountable boot volume

    I keep getting the blue screen with this message "Unmountable boot volume"...I have tried the following: Installed 2 different HDs that I tested with favorable results on another comp. WinXP boot to the recovery console and performed a "chkdsk /r"...took forever and detected nothing. WinXP...
  7. N3ko

    Partition problems - missing 73GB

    nice...thanks for the help guys.
  8. N3ko

    Partition problems - missing 73GB

    Thank's for the links... I don't know if it has to do with the LBA cause it initially recognized the drive at full capacity (200GB). The XP installation CD that I used didn't include a SP1, yet I installed SP2 right afterwards...unfortunately by then the damage was done.
  9. N3ko

    Partition problems - missing 73GB

    Just partitioned a 200GB SATA HD using Windows XP while formating (bad idea I guess)and the total size dropped down to 127GB, I reformatted and deleted all partitions yet the 127 still remains. Any suggestions?

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