[ILUG] Hard Drive crash?

[Tomek]

Hi,

I would try to use dedicated diagnostic/repair tools from the hard disk manufacturer.
If it is Seagate:
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html
http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/
http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/ata_llfmt_what.html (try to do this if you dont have important data on the HDD)

Regards,

Tomek

Michael Treacy napisał(a):
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm running SuSE 10.0 on a Sony Vaio (PCG FX-804).
> 
> I'd been working on it this evening and went to shut it down. An
> application 
> that I had open seemed to hang and I couldn't get access to the shutdown 
> menu on KDE.
> 
> After leaving it for a few minutes in the hope that it would end the 
> process, I ended up pressing the On/Off switch for a few seconds causing
> the 
> machine to shut off.
> 
> On restarting the laptop, I now get a message "Operating System not
> found". 
> It doesn't seem to recognise the hard drive. I've tried going into the
> Bios, 
> but the primary master says "None" and I cannot change it. When I reboot
> it 
> stops at the SONY logo, waits a few seconds then gives the "Operating
> System 
> not found" message.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how I might check the hard disk status?
> 
> Or is it terminal??
> 
> Mike.
> 
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