WestHoustonDem
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:40 PM
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| I think my hard drive just died. |
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Am I screwed? My PC just froze and now it won't reboot. The hard drive squeaks when I try to reboot. I have another hard drive, but my backups haven't been running properly.
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| Endangered Specie
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Mon Jan-17-05 08:42 PM
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| 1. Certainly sounds like a HD crash. |
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Can you boot through the CD?
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Mon Jan-17-05 10:36 PM
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| 2. I can boot to CD but am having trouble getting it to recognize |
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my backup hard drive. Not having a good night and feeling very sorry for myself. I'm using my daughter's laptop and drinking.
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Mon Jan-17-05 11:19 PM
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| 3. If you have vital files you need to retrieve |
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don't just toss the hard drive into the trash- there are things an expert can do to at least partially revive a disk long enough to copy the data. This isn't always true, and it isn't always 100% successful, but I've personally managed to get it done a few times for clients.
Take the hard drive to a local computer repair expert if you need a data recovery attempt done. Most will be able to at least advise you. Just don't sit there endlessly trying to boot the drive- it can be doing more damage every time.
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Mon Jan-17-05 11:31 PM
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| 4. Thanks. That's my plan. I'm trying to get it to recognize what was |
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