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Brad - 07 Jan 2006 14:33 GMT

Hi,

I have a Quantum "Fireball" 1.2GB HDD that went
bad. I got a message regarding a problem with the
"controller". I swapped the controller (same controller)
from a similar HDD and I still get the same message.

I am trying to recover some files on the HDD. Could
a hardware fault cause a controller error message?

Thanks in advance, Brad

Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
be sure there is no active key logger (spyware) in your PC.

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philo - 07 Jan 2006 16:00 GMT

> Hi,
>
> I have a Quantum "Fireball" 1.2GB HDD that went
> bad. I got a message regarding a problem with the
> "controller". I swapped the controller (same controller)
> from a similar HDD and I still get the same message.

post the *complete* message
it may be a prob with the controller on the mobo

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Jonny - 07 Feb 2006 13:44 GMT

> Hi,
>
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> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,
> be sure there is no active key logger (spyware) in your PC.

In reality, the ide controller for a ide hard drive is on the physical hard
drive. MS chooses to refer to the ide controller as the I/O chip on the
motherboard that passes ide data as the ide controller. At least its that
way in 95, 98, 98SE, and Millenium editions of windows.

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