[Chester LUG] Getting files off a sata hard drive

[Roger Gibson]

Thanks George.  Although we got the info off the web, and thought we had 
jumpers right, we tried most jumper options.  All the BIOS slots were 
set to auto.  We even disconnected the IDE disc to see if this was 
inhibiting looking any further.  I'll look into SATA and SATA-II, but 
thought we had that covered.  The disc was certainly getting warm, but I 
did not try listening specifically to it.

The Windose slave said he could see all the users on the disc, so I 
presume it is working at least somewhat.  I expect to pay for a fix, but 
I don't really want to go back to him and admit Linux did not come to 
the rescue.


George said the following on 06/10/2007 22:14:
> Roger Gibson wrote:
>> Hi folks.
>>
>> I'm in a fix and trying to go off next week.
>>
>> At a Charity I help, a 9 month old PC has gone down totally dead, 
>> although there is a light showing inside.
>
> This would make me suspect the suspect the PSU. Don't let the light 
> fool you - they frequently show just enough power to light an LED on 
> the motherboard or the front of the case but they won't switch on when 
> you press the power button.
>
> > I did
>> not realise how easy it is to get Word files etc off the fixed hard 
>> disc.  Shows how necessary it is to use encryption with Windows.
>
> And with Linux for that matter :)
>
>> However this machine is dead dead.  I've tried on Patrick's (he is 
>> the young lad who came with me a couple of times, and is now a total 
>> Linux convert) home made machine, which uses IDE as /hda1 etc, but 
>> has SATA sockets, but I can not get the bios to see the SATA drive.
>
> As you say their machine is very new I would examine the drive (or 
> look on the manufacturer's website) to see if it mentions a jumper to 
> switch between SATA and SATA-II behavior. If Patrick's machine is an 
> older one then it might only be able to see the drives in SATA mode.
>
> I would also go through the BIOS and double check that all the onboard 
> SATA chipsets are enabled and set to look for drives etc. simple stuff 
> like that.
>
> When you booted up the machine did the drive spin up as you would 
> expect? If it is the PSU that's gone there is a chance that it's done 
> for your drive as well.
>
> George
>
>
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