I got hacked, and the jerk decided to destroy my backup drive with all of my artwork, family pics/movies, client websites/graphics, etc... Is there any way to restore the bootsector if the bios won't recognize the drive to begin with? I know that I can send it someplace to get restored, but I'm not letting this thing leave the house. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks
Well, I knew was getting hacked right before it happened. I mentioned that I was about to shut down to install new RAM and a new video card, and had been already been harrassed by the jerk... Blue screen shutdowns that said "OWNED..." I see no other explanation. My SATA ports are still working fine.
The bios won't recognize the disk. Is there someway to restore the MBR even though it's not being found? And it's an NTFS drive. Wasn't FDISK for drives with the FAT file system? Please tell me, because I really don't know...
Hi If it is a Sata drive,kill power to the motherboard.
Put the drive in a different Sata header and boot.
See if the drive is redetected.
sihunt
Hey SI, I tried all 4 SATA ports. The bios just sits there for about a minute trying to read the drive, then reports that there nothing connected and moves on to booting the OS.
Sounds like you really are in deep man...sorry to hear it. I don't kno if this will work in your scenario but I've also had the boot sector removed from my har drive before too, but this was due to user error. When I put my OS installation DVD into the DVD drive and booted from there, there was an option to repair system startup. It scanns your HD and checks for any boot errors and fixes them. I don't know if this will work in your case but it's worth a shot.
Thanks for the help and suggestions everyone. I'm just going to buy a second drive identical to this one and switch out the controller board. It seems to be the cheapest solution. I'm going to call Seagate and see if I can order just the board, but a new drive will likely be cheaper. Thanks again...
Longshot, but check your drive isn't one of these. They've had an unusually high failure rate, and it's highly possible that the sudden failure was merely coincidental with your attack. I also attributed my drive problems to something else.
Actually, I've had several boot sector viruses in the past. Hackers can ruin your bios and turn your motherboard into a paper weight as well. I'm not trying to be a smart arse by the way. This mess is my own fault for not backing up my data afterall...
Longshot, but check your drive isn't one of these. They've had an unusually high failure rate, and it's highly possible that the sudden failure was merely coincidental with your attack. I also attributed my drive problems to something else.
jimmyjammer69
I have a different model. Nice of you to provide that link though. About a week ago, all of my drives were hit with a boot sector virus. Luckily, I could still do a fixboot. I should've backed up my data and reinstalled Windows then. Stupid stupid stupid.... Seriously, thanks though.
I have a different model. Nice of you to provide that link though. About a week ago, all of my drives were hit with a boot sector virus. Luckily, I could still do a fixboot. I should've backed up my data and reinstalled Windows then. Stupid stupid stupid.... Seriously, thanks though.-GeordiLaForge-
Maybe you should get anti-virus/firewall software.
Download Puppy Linux, burn to Iso, boot from CD and see if you can back up anything: http://www.puppylinux.org/ (OFF TOPIC - charrr1234 forfeit is spelled wrong in the "EA notice" lol.... just in case you didn't notice)
[QUOTE="Masterdj1992"]Download Puppy Linux, burn to Iso, boot from CD and see if you can back up anything: http://www.puppylinux.org/ (OFF TOPIC - charrr1234 forfeit is spelled wrong in the "EA notice" lol.... just in case you didn't notice) Won't work, bios can't see it, OS can't see it.
I found the controller board for the hardrive on sale for $40 with shipping. I ordered it a few hours ago, so hopefully I'll have all of my data back sometime next week. Thanks for the help and suggestiosn everyone!
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