Hmmm, how about a power spike? Greg > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Alex Snow <alex_snow at gmx.net >To: speakup <speakup at braille.uwo.ca >Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:02:00 -0500 >Subject: hard disk >Hello all. >last night when I was doing some sytem maintenance I noticed that the >drive containing my ftproot wasn't mounted. this was odd bc this happens >automatically on startup. further examination of the disk showed that it >had no partition table. this wasnt a big deal because everything on >there was just mirrored so a quick wget or 2 got me all the disk's >contents back. >my question is what could have caused this? the disk in question is a >western digital (I think) 1.2 gig from about 1996/97. >the reason I'm interested about what's happening is so I can see if any >of my hardware is failing such as the disk or the ide controler. >-- >Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid >back. >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
