hard drive stopped working

i have a dell dimension b 110 windows xp sp2....i am locked out of
computer...error code 650f:0142+1242..msg:ide device failed address not
found..error code 650f:0244...msg:block 0 block 1 block 2:uncorrectable data
error or media is write protected...hard drive stopped working..my daughter
has over three thousand pics we would like to recover...only thing we are
looking to do....took it to best buy...they said hard drive has locked up and
there is nothing they could do...except refurbish it for a substantial
price...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
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not too late to learn

On a desktop pc,youre best bet would be to buy a new hd from a pc shop,
install xp on new,once completed,plug in old hd as slave,access the hd &
retrieve data.If its other than desktop,remove hd & install it to another
pc,if
connections are diffrent,a good pc shop would have adapter to connect it.
Some hds as with any hardware wears out in time,if it still operates at some
level,the data "might" be retrievable...

"bjazzi" wrote:

i have a dell dimension b 110 windows xp sp2....i am locked out of
computer...error code 650f:0142+1242..msg:ide device failed address not
found..error code 650f:0244...msg:block 0 block 1 block 2:uncorrectable data
error or media is write protected...hard drive stopped working..my daughter
has over three thousand pics we would like to recover...only thing we are
looking to do....took it to best buy...they said hard drive has locked up and
there is nothing they could do...except refurbish it for a substantial
price...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
--
not too late to learn

Connect the bad HD as a slave to the computer after putting in a new drive. Then you
will be able to pull off any necessary Data or pictures. Alternately you can also
purchase a USB enclosure for the bad drive and do the same as above

--
Peter

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"bjazzi" wrote in message
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i have a dell dimension b 110 windows xp sp2....i am locked out of
computer...error code 650f:0142+1242..msg:ide device failed address not
found..error code 650f:0244...msg:block 0 block 1 block 2:uncorrectable data
error or media is write protected...hard drive stopped working..my daughter
has over three thousand pics we would like to recover...only thing we are
looking to do....took it to best buy...they said hard drive has locked up and
there is nothing they could do...except refurbish it for a substantial
price...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
--
not too late to learn

And a final alternative assuming even when connected as a slave drive its
unreconniseable, is to send the drive to a data recovery specialist, and be
prepared to spend much $$$$ on data recovery.
In future look into data backup procedures / options

"bjazzi" wrote in message
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i have a dell dimension b 110 windows xp sp2....i am locked out of
computer...error code 650f:0142+1242..msg:ide device failed address not
found..error code 650f:0244...msg:block 0 block 1 block 2:uncorrectable
data
error or media is write protected...hard drive stopped working..my
daughter
has over three thousand pics we would like to recover...only thing we are
looking to do....took it to best buy...they said hard drive has locked up
and
there is nothing they could do...except refurbish it for a substantial
price...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
--
not too late to learn

i thank all of you for your input it is greatly appreciated.neither i nor my
daughter has big bucks to send it to a specialist. your answers have given me
some hope that we may be able to recover pics. will i be able to install
windows xp os software that originally came with this pc on new hd. i am
wondering the adapter for the slave drive will be pluged into usb port ?
--
not too late to learn


"bjazzi" wrote:

i have a dell dimension b 110 windows xp sp2....i am locked out of
computer...error code 650f:0142+1242..msg:ide device failed address not
found..error code 650f:0244...msg:block 0 block 1 block 2:uncorrectable data
error or media is write protected...hard drive stopped working..my daughter
has over three thousand pics we would like to recover...only thing we are
looking to do....took it to best buy...they said hard drive has locked up and
there is nothing they could do...except refurbish it for a substantial
price...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
--
not too late to learn