I rather doubt it.

Post #307,238 by static 4/12/09 8:03:58 PM Reply	I rather doubt it. CPU is an Athlon 1800. On-board USB is 1.1. I do have another optical drive, actually, but it's just a CD-RW drive, not a DVD-RW. I think I kinda need to start again with this PC, actually. It's had problems all it's life. There's a PCI slot that I marked as unreliable years ago, for instance, after months of fighting with a sound card. Wade. "Ah -- I take it the doorbell doesn't work?"
Post #307,246 by Another Scott 4/12/09 10:06:52 PM Reply	That's rough. I think what I'd try to do in that situation is remove the drive from that PC and use an IDE/SATA to USB converter to connect it to another PC. Then use fsck and ddrescue or similar tools to try to repair it and/or get the important information off it. Then you could take your time in deciding what to do about the temperamental hardware. Good luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #307,247 by static 4/12/09 10:15:28 PM Reply	Step 1. Buy another PC. :-/ Well, it still boots to Windows off the other hard drive, so I'll go back to that. Wade. "Ah -- I take it the doorbell doesn't work?"

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