SATA is my new enemy.

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited December 2003 in Hardware
Flashed BIOS on the NF7-S 2.0 to the newest version, the one that I believe csimon posted some days back.

For some reason, the SATA controller was disabled in this flash. Just turned off in the BIOS. I didn't check for it after I set all the other options, because it's always been default on in the past.

I got into windows, and noticed I don't have my SATA-connected WD1200JB. No big deal. Windows had uninstalled the SATA controller.

I go back into the BIOS after rebooting, turn the controller on and get into windows. I install the drivers;

All the data is gone. The disk is "Unformatted." No partition, nothing.

That was the very drive that has my data recovery software on it.

Just my ****ing luck.

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Can you "import foreign disks"?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Extended borrowing?

    Or am I not getting the reference?
  • Lipid-SamaLipid-Sama
    edited December 2003
    did you try a baseball bat? that helps alot of the time
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    No seriously in disk manager there is an option to import foreign volumes. Right click on the destroyed partition and see what it gives you...
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    That option isn't available. :(

    The partitions are toast, the disk appears fresh out of the box to windows. There's "Nothing" there, but GetDataBack is finding stuff (I found a copy on a CD I made).
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Update:

    Wow. That was bad.

    I only recovered 1/2 of the 50gb on the drive.
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited December 2003
    Uh-oh this sounds bad.
    I have a 1200JB connected to my raid controller as well.
    I am not using raid or anything.
    I am only using the sata raid as an extra ide controller.
    Didn't know your data could disappear that quickly when you are not using ibm nor raid.
  • seversphereseversphere
    edited December 2003
    try Rstudio for data recovery
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