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After a couple of years of running my main 160GB SATA

Suggestion : get a Large Box, a very large Box of Tissues, think your gonna need em' , for all the work you'll be doing to get back up to par, that Sucks too ! damn.  :-/ :-/ :-/

Paul, no backups of your files?

Its a funny old do...but in all my many years of home computer builds, I've never yet had a Hard Drive that refused to be detected in the BIOS Boot-up sequence!
..so much for "Western Digital"!... :o...!

Very strange!

..and bleedin' annoying!... >:(...!

Paul.... ...!

This is the sort of time that you wish that ALL your Pay-ware programs were available on CD ROM, instead of registered downloaded programs! (Flight 1 Software, etc)..!

What a disaster!

P.S...Freezer? Dave...I'm thinking more of the local Crematorium!... ..!
..ya gotta laugh!... ...!

It might be possible to do a recovery of all the data Paul, however software would need re-installing on a new HDD to work. Okay so is the drive spinning up? If you take the panel off the side of the PC can you hear/feel it trying to spin up?

It might be possible to do a recovery of all the data Paul, however software would need re-installing on a new HDD to work. Okay so is the drive spinning up? If you take the panel off the side of the PC can you hear/feel it trying to spin up?

Its making a sort of attempted spinning noise, Mark, and I suspect its searching for the data to boot up to Windows, but cant find it, so it aborts the process after a while!

Corrupted Boot-up Data on the HDD?

Looks like I'm going to have to buy another SATA HDD, and start all over again...
...buggar!... ...!

Paul..in the throes of acute misery..(or something like that)!... ...!

My advice would be to install the new drive - then try to extract the data from the old one.

It's not hard to do necessarily. I've done it a couple of times. 2x OK - once the drive was smoked. If the drive is recognised when you plug it in (you will need an internal HD - USB connector)

Paul, if you're really stuck I have access to some serious recovery hardware and software and can give it a good shot for you.
I'll have a check and see what I have in the way of spare HDDs for you. I might have a 200Gb lying around you can have
I'll probably be down in Brecon next Sunday!

..the REALLY BIG problem is..

..the main Hard Drive is not being detected at all, (it doesn't exist, even in the BIOS DOS), even from my 2nd HDD running Win XP Pro, so I cant access any of the Data on the main Hard Drive...no Icon to click on!!

....either the electronics is faulty, the Boot Data is corrupted, or the disc mechanism is faulty....
...or ALL!

Without being able to access the HDD Icon from Windows, it doesn't seem possible to recover any data!
No HDD Icon to click on!

It looks like another new HDD from Maplin, and start all over again.
...and its holiday time..shops closed..
..arse...!

Paul.... ...!

P.S...having a peek on U-Tube for recovery... ...!

Be happy it isn't FSX!It would take me about 2 months of downloading and tweaking in order to get it back to its normal amazing self!

Paul, I've got toys that'd stun you. But then I do work for an IT company in their support dept.
Drop me a PM and I'll see what I can do to help

Paul, I've got toys that'd stun you. But then I do work for an IT company in their support dept.
Drop me a PM and I'll see what I can do to help

Done...

..while my guitar gently weeps... ...!

Paul... ...!

My Western Digital 160 GB SATA (C) Hard Drive is totally totaled, even after freezing it in my 'Fridge and attempting to gain access to the files...
It is a deceased Hard Drive, it is no more*...

Just popped into my local PC World and purchased (

Oh i'm crying with you, Fozzer.
But at the same time, i'm so happy to have a backup.

Oh I'm crying with you, Fozzer.
But at the same time, I'm so happy to have a backup.

It's a long struggle, but I'm gradually getting everything back together again, (FS 2004), on my new Hard Drive.
Fortunately I have all my most important "stuff", including some payware, and my most important FS 2004 programs which are no longer available; (FS Navigator, LAGO FSE, etc), saved on various CD ROMs.
Its just the time it takes to find them, and install them all over again!
The "problem" ones, are downloaded registered programs from sites such as; Flight 1, etc, which have to be downloaded all over again, with the usual difficulty in getting them authorized again!

Still...my trusty FS 2004 is gradually looking as beautiful again as it was previously...

...which is nice!... [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]...!

I'll soon be back up into the air again, with the Lads in Multiplayer!... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]...!

I'm a bit happier than I was yesterday, when the sky fell on my head!.. ...!

Paul... ...!