On 17 February 2012 20:47, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > LOL. Except not really. Am I totally screwed or is there some > little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? > Everything was fine until it was rebooted. Multiple reboots always > come back to: > > Invalid Boot diskette- Enter BOOT diskette into A: > > Cracks about how if the system is old enough to have a floppy drive > then it's overdue for a dead HD are appropriate.
This worked for me moderately well recently: http://superuser.com/questions/1078/harddrive-in-the-freezer-ever-work-for-you ... in that I was able to get enough files off it to putter along until I could restore from backups.
