Need help with failed 921 hard drive!

[Rob Relf]

Hi, the hard drive on my 921 started clicking and the machine won't boot any longer. I removed the drive and tried to pull the contents off with Ghost to put on an identical drive I already have, but no luck. The drive is still in warranty and I have received an rma from Maxtor but I am still in a pickle. I have lost several shows I wanted to see and I understand you can't just put a new drive in a 921 and have it work. Does anyone have a Ghost image of a working 921 drive so I can get this thing jumpstarted? I appreciate any help or suggestions.

Rob

 

[Smith P.]

Run from boot DOS floppy MHDD.exe and do full scan with REMAP=ON, after that Ghost it to new disk.

 

[Rob Relf]

Sorry, I should have been more detailed. The drive continued to click while connected to my PC and now it is not even recognized by the bios so I am afraid it is beyond any do-it-yourself recovery.

Rob

 

[Smith P.]

I wouldn't say so - the click is a sign of unparking problem; often borrowing a PCB from same working disk give you plenty of time to do Ghosting.
Ask your IT ppl , they should know how to deal with it; or stop by at DriveSavers, Ontrack and other similar companies.
Wait a sec, actually I saw at Yahoo Dishmod group someone offer DVD with all the data for restore 721/921.