how do I recover data from a non responsive hard drive?

jumanji said:

Thanks ICit2 for coming in. DEL key gets you into BIOS set up menu. (At the moment I don't want the OP to get into BIOS setup menu > Boot Priority and meddle with it.:))

Do you know which key brings the onetime boot menu on P5E?

alphanumeric in this post Why Del Key? BIOS Boot Menu (This takes you to that post)
has mentioned F8. Also Why Del Key? BIOS Boot Menu (This takes you to another post in the same thread)

I wanted the OP to read the first BIOS screen where at the bottom the relevant keys are normally mentioned. He hasn't done it yet. I allowed him to sleep and then come back.

Let us see what he does when he wakes up.

Ok mate I thought or was under the impression - perhaps I read it wrong that the OP could not boot the Ubuntu or it was running strange and so couldn't "see" the drive
I will see how you go with the problem.

Am not sure about that other key mate - sorry. What I was wondering though was about the age of the board maybe it is not that crash hot??

ICit2lol said:

..... What I was wondering though was about the age of the board maybe it is not that crash hot??

Yep, I am mentally prepared for that eventuality. .:)

EDIT: One search tells me that the key is Alt+F2. Want it from the horse's mouth nevertheless.

"Is is possible for ASUS P5E mobo to boot from a USB drive?"

" Yes you can. I have that motherboard. Just press Alt+F2 at startup" - post dated 03 Feb 2008

Try Shift + f8 at boot -

This stuff is always like state secrets - very hard to find the fkey for Boot Device menu.

My Asus motherboard use the Delete key to access the bois.

Layback Bear said:

My Asus motherboard use the Delete key to access the bois.

Thanks Jack, what key takes you to the Boot Device menu on your board?

I think Canuck can get to the BIOS screen but jumanji doesn't want to make a permanent change to the order, only a one time boot from USB or DVD.

On my Asus system (F8) all by itself get me into boot order selection.