Posted by eroy on 11/11/05 09:43

"Robert Nichols" <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> wrote in
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> In article <dkfss9$u0d$1@omega-3a.right.here>,
> Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> wrote:
> :In article <NWuaf.92434$Vm6.21607@fe06.news.easynews.com>,
> :eroy <luliyt005@exmail.com> wrote:
> ::
> ::Bob, I installed a brand new drive (same size) in the unit and it just
> gave
> ::me the exact same errors with no option to format. I tried different
> jumper
> ::settings, but nothing worked. It won't even format the new drive! what
> to
> ::do now...? :-(
> :
> :Ouch! Sounds like it's not a problem with the drive, and the E100 will
> :have to be repaired or replaced. That's the bad news. The good news is
> :that the HD formatting is probably intact and the data on the drive can
> :be rescued if you can get ahold of a functional E100 to read it. You'll
> :need to save a complete image of the current drive (I have no idea how,
> :or even if, you can do that under MS-Windows.) and restore it to the
> :good E100's drive. Since the E100 will see the same drive reinstalled,
> :albeit with new data, I believe it will not insist on formatting the
> :drive.
>
> Just to be certain on one important point, there is currently NO disk
> in the optical drive, right? The problem of endless self-check due
> to a bad disk in the optical drive is an entirely different matter.
>
Nope, no disc. I even disconnected the cable that goes directly into the
dvd drive and received the same error , except it didn't eject of course.

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