Hard drive failures =(

misterbossplaya · 04-26-2005, 03:57 AM

I turned on my computer the other day, and suddenly, Windows Decides that it doesnt want to boot. The computer restarts itself over and over even in Safe mode! I went into the BIOS and loaded from the Windows XP cd and ran the repair mode. The problem still occured. I've tried numerous things, from running that hard drive as a slave drive on another computer, to hooking it up to a USB converter and pluggin the drive into another computer and the drive is not readable! I already have a new harddrive with my programs reinstalled, but i still need a way to recover my old files! I had 10 gigs worth of mp3 not to mention other valuable information. Can anyone help?

**The_Other_One** · 04-26-2005, 04:05 AM

Sorry dude, but once a harddrive fails, there's usally not much else you can do...

Check to see if you're partitions are still in order. I kinda doubt it but if you have a failed partition, perhaps there's some way to rebuild it... As it sounds, though, I beleive the drive just simply died...

misterbossplaya · 04-26-2005, 04:18 AM

yeah my partitions are still in order. But i dont want to format them

Damn, so am i f**d?

ccnaws · 04-27-2005, 06:33 AM

There is another option if your data is extremely valuable look in the phonebook for a Data recovery company in the computer section. This could be costly, I dont know, also I have seen on the internet companies that you can mail your hardrive to and they try to recover the data. I would not format the hardrive or anything else to it. Do a search on google for data recovery

**Praetor** · 04-30-2005, 12:33 AM

Quote:

yeah my partitions are still in order. But I dont want to format them

If they are still functional you should be able to copy away from the old drive to the new drive

04-26-2005, 03:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
misterbossplaya New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Anchorage Age: 26 Posts: 2	Hard drive failures =( I turned on my computer the other day, and suddenly, Windows Decides that it doesnt want to boot. The computer restarts itself over and over even in Safe mode! I went into the BIOS and loaded from the Windows XP cd and ran the repair mode. The problem still occured. I've tried numerous things, from running that hard drive as a slave drive on another computer, to hooking it up to a USB converter and pluggin the drive into another computer and the drive is not readable! I already have a new harddrive with my programs reinstalled, but i still need a way to recover my old files! I had 10 gigs worth of mp3 not to mention other valuable information. Can anyone help?

04-26-2005, 04:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 25 Posts: 13,418	Sorry dude, but once a harddrive fails, there's usally not much else you can do... Check to see if you're partitions are still in order. I kinda doubt it but if you have a failed partition, perhaps there's some way to rebuild it... As it sounds, though, I beleive the drive just simply died... __________________ Primary- i7 920 \| 6GB RAM \| 9800GT \| 160+160+500GB Secondary- Athlon X2 4200 \| 2GB RAM \| 7600GT \| 80+250GB Netbook - Atom N280 \| 2GB RAM \| GMA945\| 160GB

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

04-26-2005, 04:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
misterbossplaya New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Anchorage Age: 26 Posts: 2	yeah my partitions are still in order. But i dont want to format them Damn, so am i f**d?

04-27-2005, 06:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
ccnaws New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Over the Rainbow Posts: 4	There is another option if your data is extremely valuable look in the phonebook for a Data recovery company in the computer section. This could be costly, I dont know, also I have seen on the internet companies that you can mail your hardrive to and they try to recover the data. I would not format the hardrive or anything else to it. Do a search on google for data recovery