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MrsKoz2 · 12-01-2006, 12:39 PM

Hi linderman,

Thank you for your response! :)

I haven't actually run the data recovery progs yet - I am trying to get my Seagate 200GB HDD working properly (recognizing ALL 200GB using the technique I mentioned in post #6 above) before I try to recover any of the data from the 'broken' Western Digital 120GB.

Looking at your list of diagnostic tools by vendor, is this the version you would recommend I use (Western Digital):

"Data Lifeguard Diagnostic v5.04f for DOS (Floppy) (December 2005)"

and do I DL this to my current (new) HDD or to a CD-ROM or even my flash drive for best results?

I won't be able to DX the bad HDD until I re-connect it as a slave HDD, and if I connect it (alone) as master, the pc won't respond at all... (see initial post).

Thank you again !

12-01-2006, 12:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
MrsKoz2 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 8 OS: XP	Hi linderman, Thank you for your response! :) I haven't actually run the data recovery progs yet - I am trying to get my Seagate 200GB HDD working properly (recognizing ALL 200GB using the technique I mentioned in post #6 above) before I try to recover any of the data from the 'broken' Western Digital 120GB. Looking at your list of diagnostic tools by vendor, is this the version you would recommend I use (Western Digital): "Data Lifeguard Diagnostic v5.04f for DOS (Floppy) (December 2005)" and do I DL this to my current (new) HDD or to a CD-ROM or even my flash drive for best results? I won't be able to DX the bad HDD until I re-connect it as a slave HDD, and if I connect it (alone) as master, the pc won't respond at all... (see initial post). Thank you again !