hi, my friend's computer won't start. the HD can not be recognize. when we start it we get the blinking question mark. we tried to run a disk with system 9.2 and disk warrior. the HD can not be repaired and we are asked all the time to initialize the HD. we tried to connect his computer vie firewire to mine. to get some of the files out maybe. now i have the same problem. both computers won't work. what can we do? will a newer version of disk warrior can help? please help

First, disconnect your friend's computer from yours... it should allow you to boot again. If still no luck, try holding down the "D" key on your keyboard when you restart. (It sounds like your computer is trying to boot off of his hard drive...) As far as your friend's drive, does it have a "clicking" noise or funny spin cycles (spins up, spins down, repeats)? If there is critical data, take it to a recovery specialist... if not, reformat and it may map over the bad sectors. If the bad sectors are located in the boot area of the drive, it is trashed. You may need a new hard drive.