# Need PC Help - Paypal reward!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-pc-help-paypal-reward/9163>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 11, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-pc-help-paypal-reward/9163 "2006-03-11T08:49:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![73ghia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/8baadc/32.png) [@73ghia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/73ghia)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-pc-help-paypal-reward/9163/21 "2006-03-11T16:09:31Z")

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I’d say use fresh HD, and fresh copy of XP… try a new CD drive, and a new Cable. Also Make the drives master and salve… fuck cable select… because it fucks things up sometimes.  
I have an external Firewire case that I can use to help you back up your important data if it comes down to that.

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**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-pc-help-paypal-reward/9163/22 "2006-03-13T07:09:32Z")

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all i can think of is either both drives are bad or you need a better power supply.  
or… small chance it might be the motherboard.

bad ram wouldn’t keep you from copying files/installing.

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**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-pc-help-paypal-reward/9163/23 "2006-03-13T07:38:57Z")

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send me the drive if you want the data back.

good luck

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**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-pc-help-paypal-reward/9163/24 "2006-03-13T07:51:49Z")

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Ordered new drives for a RAID setup, we’ll see what happens when they get here. I tried the bad 250g in another computer and it could read the large storage partition fine, but the system partition was fubar’d. Might be able to get the data afterall.

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**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-pc-help-paypal-reward/9163/25 "2006-03-13T08:15:14Z")

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> [@Locutus](#):
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> send me the drive if you want the data back.
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> good luck

what do you use? i’ve tried all sorts of partition and drive software. i even bought spinrite and i still can’t get any data or a valid ntfs partition to come up. it mounts in windows, i just can’t read it.

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**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-pc-help-paypal-reward/9163/26 "2006-03-13T08:36:45Z")

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sounds like a bad IDE/SATA controller.

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