The drive is mostly shot. We managed to read the smart statistics, although the BIOS doesn't even detect that the drive is present. <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Karl Schuttler <<a href="mailto:karl.schuttler@gmail.com">karl.schuttler@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">The drive's master boot record probably got wiped; you need to restore it using a boot disk. <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Jeremy Neil <<a href="mailto:jrmyzero@gmail.com">jrmyzero@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > isnt there a way to test drive intergrity with a llive cd boot.. aka using > that to run a test in terminal. ive at least done this before when i wasnt > sure why the gnome panels werent working when i used ubuntu 10.04 on my old > desktop. however i dont remember if you can mount the hard drive while the > live is booted. anyways this is my advice > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <<a href="mailto:linux-user-request@egr.msu.edu">linux-user-request@egr.msu.edu</a>> wrote: >> >> Send linux-user mailing list submissions to >> <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> <a href="mailto:linux-user-request@egr.msu.edu">linux-user-request@egr.msu.edu</a> >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> <a href="mailto:linux-user-owner@egr.msu.edu">linux-user-owner@egr.msu.edu</a> >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of linux-user digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Today Meeting (Benjamin Chavez) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:43:03 -0500 >> From: Benjamin Chavez <<a href="mailto:ebcha1974@hotmail.com">ebcha1974@hotmail.com</a>> >> To: <<a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a>> >> Subject: [GLLUG] Today Meeting >> Message-ID: <SNT118-W190E788AC27AD974301A43A9320@phx.gbl> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> >> Hi all I would appreciate if somebody would help me to bring back to life >> an old Dell laptop. I am planning in bring it to todays meeting. The problem >> I have is that I cant get it to boot. When I try to turn it on I get a >> screen that says "no bootable device" I had Ubuntu 10.04 LTS running on it >> yesterday. >> Please if somebody has some ideas I will appreciate them. If somebody have >> some tool to subtract the HD and a way to test it on another laptop using >> external cables will be good too. I'll see you later >> >> >> Benjamin Chavez >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <<a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/public/linux-user/attachments/20101111/835357b6/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/public/linux-user/attachments/20101111/835357b6/attachment-0001.html</a>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-user mailing list >> <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> >> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> >> >> >> End of linux-user Digest, Vol 91, Issue 7 >> ***************************************** > > > > -- > [jrmyzero] > > _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> > > _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>