Is your computer gasping for breath, drowning in a sea of photos, documents and random downloads? We've all been there: that moment when your computer feels like it's about to burst at the seams, ...

I have an old IDE hdd that my parents want to get their files off of. I thought that I could just basically plug the drive into my computer, set it as a slave in the bios, and go from there.

Computers hold a wealth of data, but one mishap can result in the loss of years’ worth of photos, documents, and more. Be sure to have a backup plan in place in case disaster strikes your device by ...

*update*<BR><BR>I was able to format the drive through Maxblast (which I could not do through my XP disc), so it appears that the hard drive is not dead but was simply corrupted.

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