Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Was that the first reboot since installing the firewire driver? If you look in device manager hardware are there any exclamation marks? simon jessurun > LUG: > > I hate computer problems! I've been working on this one for three days > now. I bought a new Lacie 400GB external hard drive to go along with the > Lacie 125GB hard drive that I've had for a year which has given me no > problems. I installed the 400GB hard drive (firewire) with no problems and > moved all of my photo files onto it, intending to use it as a file for all > of my photos until I get around to burning them to CD's or DVD's. This > hard drive worked fine until I rebooted my computer and the drive refused > to show up. I finally made it appear by going to My Computer and Manage > Disks; but, in order to access or use the drive, the computer says that I > have to reformat it. That means that all of the files that I have on that > hard drive would be erased. I have most of them on CD's or DVD's as > back-up; however, when I run the disk recovery programs that I have > (Digital Image Recovery and Restorer), the only files that don't work are > the RAW files that I had downloaded and not converted. That is the only > source that I have for those. Any suggestions? I know, I should be using > TMax and an M7, but the Jobo could have failed, too!! > > I'm leaving tomorrow to take photos in Kentucky and will be so glad to get > away from this computer!! > > Tina > > P.S. I know there are several of you that I owe answers to, but I've been > so frustrated with this computer, and it works so slowly when it's doing > disk recovery, that I'll have to get back to you later. Sorry! > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information