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Major hard drive problem
I don't know how but my aux hard drive is not being recognized by my system and I have way too much stuff to lose on there. Is there any way to recover the data without setting up the drive again (aka losing EVERYTHING?) Thx in advance...
Re: Major hard drive problem
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| Originally posted by DarkAngel I don't know how but my aux hard drive is not being recognized by my system and I have way too much stuff to lose on there. Is there any way to recover the data without setting up the drive again (aka losing EVERYTHING?) Thx in advance... |
try it on another computer.
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| Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_ Not too sure what you mean by 'auxillary' hard drive. How is it not being recognised? If it's a case of XP not booting, then get a copy of BartPE onto CD, load up the OS and drag everything onto an external HDD. But I've probably mis-read the entire problem... |
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| Originally posted by inconspicuous try it on another computer. |
Buy a Mac
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More seriously, is it an internal or external drive ?
Did you check your Bios?
its probably on its last legs...has it got S.M.A.R.T. abilities? run it thru the bios and see if it passes? or if it doesnt recognise it at all, then u are pretty much fucked.
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| Originally posted by Mmanu More seriously, is it an internal or external drive ? Did you check your Bios? |
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| Originally posted by KilldaDJ its probably on its last legs...has it got S.M.A.R.T. abilities? run it thru the bios and see if it passes? or if it doesnt recognise it at all, then u are pretty much fucked. |
i would be suprised if anyone here can help...lol
SMART??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-M...ting_Technology
and if u go into the bios on start up, i dunno if u press F1 or delete or whatever when u start up the puter, it should go into it, see if the bios picks up the hard drive?
take it to best buy, pay 120 dollars... get everything in a dvd.
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| Originally posted by nchs09 take it to best buy, pay 120 dollars... get everything in a dvd. |
yesw with my laptop.. i dont see why they couldnt do it with a desktop.
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| Originally posted by nchs09 yesw with my laptop.. i dont see why they couldnt do it with a desktop. |
easy DA don't panic lol unless you hear noises while the drive is trying to read...sorta like pitterpatterpitterpatpatpatterBINGDONGDING then i'd worry.
on the reals, need to know some info first
you're running an internal sata? what raid?
if it's striped/array'd and its not reading you might be in trouble, if its mirrored then you should be ok.
you should try to mount it on another computer that already has an OS loaded on it, this way it'll come up as a drive letter to which you can explore in. if you can get to that then i suggest you pull the stuff you need off of it and reformat the sata drive.
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| Originally posted by DarkAngel Did you do that, nachos? At this point in time I'm seriously considering that, I have WAY too much shit to lose this time around. |
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| Originally posted by DarkAngel Stupid question time: I could just bring the Serial ATA drive to them, instead of the whole desktop right? I REALLY don't feel like lugging this beast around. I'm so desperate I'm actually attemtping to install Windows 98 on my dead laptop |
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| Originally posted by kid nyce easy DA don't panic lol unless you hear noises while the drive is trying to read...sorta like pitterpatterpitterpatpatpatterBINGDONGDING then i'd worry. on the reals, need to know some info first you're running an internal sata? what raid? if it's striped/array'd and its not reading you might be in trouble, if its mirrored then you should be ok. you should try to mount it on another computer that already has an OS loaded on it, this way it'll come up as a drive letter to which you can explore in. if you can get to that then i suggest you pull the stuff you need off of it and reformat the sata drive. |
I CAN'T lose this stuff. I lost stuff before and I just can't go through it again. This is about 50GB worth of data.| quote: |
| Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_ As I said before, if it's the OS that's not booting from HDD, get BartPE onto a CD, load up XP, dump SATA stuff on an external HDD (I'm sure you know someone who you can borrow one from) and put it on there. You'll save $$$. If it's not the OS, then the drive to a reputable company, and be prepared to pay serious $$$ Or risk some amateur not knowing what they're doing, making you sign a disclaimer and losing everything for you. Is it making a noise when you turn it on? And yes, you can just take the SATA drive with you, but get an anti-static bag first... |
take the drive out. put it in a ziplock bag. get as much air out as possible. stick bag with said drive in freezer over night. the next day reinstall drive in computer. boot up computer and pray this works. if works then copy data off to an external drive. send drive in for repair or replacement under warranty (hopefully its still under warranty). this doesnt always help but more often than not it does. good luck! 
mount it on another machine with an OS and explore it as a drive letter and you should be good to go. just make sure on the other machine that in the BIOS you are reading an OS off the IDE drive, so put it in the first boot priority. You can dump the SATA towards the end as the machine will pull up the SATA drive as a data disk.
you're ok don't worry...but do as above just mount it to another machine and you'll be able to retrieve everything!
^^and the freezer thing works, i've done it before and know a bunch of techs that do it at work who service our machines.
and if you don't feel confident in all of this try what mario said, take it to the best buy geek squad. They are over priced and they are stupid, but eventually they work out and give you a disk of all your data. You can just bring in your HD too, they will hook it in and check it out.
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| Originally posted by gehzumteufel take the drive out. put it in a ziplock bag. get as much air out as possible. stick bag with said drive in freezer over night. the next day reinstall drive in computer. boot up computer and pray this works. if works then copy data off to an external drive. send drive in for repair or replacement under warranty (hopefully its still under warranty). this doesnt always help but more often than not it does. good luck! |
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| Originally posted by kid nyce mount it on another machine with an OS and explore it as a drive letter and you should be good to go. just make sure on the other machine that in the BIOS you are reading an OS off the IDE drive, so put it in the first boot priority. You can dump the SATA towards the end as the machine will pull up the SATA drive as a data disk. you're ok don't worry...but do as above just mount it to another machine and you'll be able to retrieve everything! ^^and the freezer thing works, i've done it before and know a bunch of techs that do it at work who service our machines. |
And this laptop I'm trying to resurrect (again) was out before Serial ATA was invented I think...
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| Originally posted by kid nyce ^^and the freezer thing works, i've done it before and know a bunch of techs that do it at work who service our machines. |
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| Originally posted by DarkAngel You want me to put my drive in the deep freeze? I don't have another computer. And this laptop I'm trying to resurrect (again) was out before Serial ATA was invented I think... |
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| Originally posted by gehzumteufel yeah i know. ive heard this done SOOOOO many times. its one of those things that honestly sounds fucking ridiculous but for whatever reason it works. |
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| Originally posted by DarkAngel Isn't that freezing technique usually for a dying hard drive? I'm almost sure this drive isn't dying yet... |
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