Howdie,
Fixing this Inspiron 6000 for a friend. Screen went black awhile ago, so can just barely see the "pattern" of the wording, but when it boots (in any mode) it ends up with a blue screen error, but it's not clear enough to read.
Took the hd out and hooked it to my laptop through an enclosure. My XP (through computer management only) can see the drive, with the correct size etc, but drive letter. Explorer can only see a small partition (about 45 mg) that has some extraneous files and one folder (named Dell). The o/s and data reside on the main partition which can't be accessed. Also, hidden is the Dell recovery partition.
I tried partition magic, and about 5 data recovery programs and none can see the o/s partition.
From posts on the net, I get the impression that I should be able to see the partition by using my computer.
Anyone with a little insight for me?
Thanks,
Steve
Fixing this Inspiron 6000 for a friend. Screen went black awhile ago, so can just barely see the "pattern" of the wording, but when it boots (in any mode) it ends up with a blue screen error, but it's not clear enough to read.
Took the hd out and hooked it to my laptop through an enclosure. My XP (through computer management only) can see the drive, with the correct size etc, but drive letter. Explorer can only see a small partition (about 45 mg) that has some extraneous files and one folder (named Dell). The o/s and data reside on the main partition which can't be accessed. Also, hidden is the Dell recovery partition.
I tried partition magic, and about 5 data recovery programs and none can see the o/s partition.
From posts on the net, I get the impression that I should be able to see the partition by using my computer.
Anyone with a little insight for me?
Thanks,
Steve