On Oct 17, 10:54*pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:

The likely SATA refusal problem is that the BIOS will be set for the
modern drive and won't see the new (Older) type.

I'm confused, are you saying that there are two types of SATA drives?
Do the new SATA drives have the same connector (USB size) or do they
have one looking like the old ATA 50 way (I think) type?

You can use a live Linux CD to get *the computer up and running to
check what is actually at fault.

Can you put the drive you want to rescue in another computer? It
amounts to the same thing as that dock. You'd have to install it as a
second drive of course as it is unlikely to accept the new hardware
without Windows bonging it.

Not got another box that I can fit it into :-( The box I'm using is
not expandable and doesn't ever have USB.

If I got a new SATA drive, can the old one be fitted into SATA2 and be
read as a slave ?

For 29 quid I'd be tempted to look for another SATA or to do something
with the BIOS.

BIOS, I'll probably dig myself a deeper hole!

I would take a look at Microsoft's help site:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...s/reader.mspx?...

Have you had the box click jacked from a phishing site? Try a set of
zipped updated security stuff from another PC and boot to Safe mode.

Time to consider getting to know Linux stuff methinketh.

Beyond me I'm afraid.

My main concern is recoving the data off the disk. Once I have that I
can start to rebuild, which will take a full day I recon.

Thanks

Keith (Southend)