So the other night, after a week of SWEET recording, I turn on my computer to mix a few tracks and.....no cigar. It won't even load windows. I said "!#*@" and a few other things my wife frowned at, and then took the computer over to my computer-whiz-techno-buddy. I use a Maxtor 7200 RPM 40 Gig hard drive, and until now it's been running smoothly. Anyway, he went to Maxtor's website and ran the Powermax, Powerdiag 2.4 basic test on it, and it returned error: K80S57 . . . whatever that means. So my buddy, seeing my excessive wailing and teeth-gnashing, copied all of my wav files onto his computer, reassuring me that they would be resurrected as soon as I got a new drive.
Then, chapter 2, I called Maxtor and they agreed to send me a new one. So now I have a few questions for any computer recording geniuses out there: Do I need to do anything special, or will I really be able to access my songs again after I get the new drive? Also, is anyone out there familiar with this type of drive error? If so, what could have caused it?
Man, it seems like I've had every kind of problem with setting this all up, but when it works it's so fun. AHH. Please help if you can.
Driveless,
Squashboy
Then, chapter 2, I called Maxtor and they agreed to send me a new one. So now I have a few questions for any computer recording geniuses out there: Do I need to do anything special, or will I really be able to access my songs again after I get the new drive? Also, is anyone out there familiar with this type of drive error? If so, what could have caused it?
Man, it seems like I've had every kind of problem with setting this all up, but when it works it's so fun. AHH. Please help if you can.
Driveless,
Squashboy