Recovering hard drive

kookooshortman55 · 05-07-2009, 04:29 AM

I can't get my laptop to start up. It starts for about 3 seconds and then shuts off. The fans spin but the hard drive doesn't. It doesn't post though, so I'm pretty sure this is a motherboard problem.

Is it possible to get the data off the laptop HDD onto another laptop or hard drive?

dannaswolcott · 05-07-2009, 04:32 AM

First unplug the laptop, Remove the battery and memory for 5 min. Then put it all back and power it on. See if that will allow it to boot up. Some times this happens. It happens evey now and then to one of my laptops. This normally fixes the problem, If this does not fix it, Post back and let us know.

**bomberboysk** · 05-07-2009, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by kookooshortman55

I can't get my laptop to start up. It starts for about 3 seconds and then shuts off. The fans spin but the hard drive doesn't. It doesn't post though, so I'm pretty sure this is a motherboard problem.

Is it possible to get the data off the laptop HDD onto another laptop or hard drive?

Depending on whether this drive is sata or pata, you can hook it up to your desktop to recover data off of it. For sata it uses the same standard connectors as a desktop hard drive, whilst with pata you will need an adapter.

kookooshortman55 · 05-07-2009, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by bomberboysk

Depending on whether this drive is sata or pata, you can hook it up to your desktop to recover data off of it. For sata it uses the same standard connectors as a desktop hard drive, whilst with pata you will need an adapter.

That is some handy information right there, haha thanks. The laptop is only a year and a half old. It's the HP DV6000 series, there's been tons on people online that have had this problem, and HP can't fix it. If I can just recover that data that would be great. How would it recognize the drive? I heard you can just transfer hard drives from one computer to another because of the operating system on the laptop hard drive.

dug987654 · 05-07-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kookooshortman55

I heard you can just transfer hard drives from one computer to another because of the operating system on the laptop hard drive.

If that is meant to say "can't":

If you plug the laptop HDD drive in, your computer will still boot from the location specified in BIOS. So it will still boot up your normal operating system from the desktop HDD, and then your laptop HDD will be a drive in 'My Computer', and you'll be able to access it like any other drive.

Hope that helps, Doug.

kookooshortman55 · 05-07-2009, 07:00 PM

Alright, yeah that was meant to say can't, good catch. Well HP said to send them the laptop, they're shipping a box out for repairing. If they send it back and it's still broken I'll give this a shot. Hopefully they'll send back the same hard drive hah

05-07-2009, 04:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
kookooshortman55 Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: California/Arizona Age: 19 Posts: 1,546	Recovering hard drive I can't get my laptop to start up. It starts for about 3 seconds and then shuts off. The fans spin but the hard drive doesn't. It doesn't post though, so I'm pretty sure this is a motherboard problem. Is it possible to get the data off the laptop HDD onto another laptop or hard drive? __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5200+ @ 2.6GHz GPU: Zotac 8800GT AMP! w/ Akimbo 740/1800/2000 PSU: 450W Corsair VX450 Monitor: Acer 22" X223W Memory: 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 HDD: 320GB HDD Speakers: Logitech 5.1 X-540 3DMark06: 9521 3DMarks

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dannaswolcott Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: world of my own Age: 18 Posts: 651	First unplug the laptop, Remove the battery and memory for 5 min. Then put it all back and power it on. See if that will allow it to boot up. Some times this happens. It happens evey now and then to one of my laptops. This normally fixes the problem, If this does not fix it, Post back and let us know. __________________ Gateway NV52 Laptop: AMD Athlon X2 2.1ghz Dual Core, 4GB DDR2 Ram, 320GB HD, ATI Radeon 3200 HD, Wireless N, Win VISTA Pre 64-Bit, DVD-RW, Webcam & Mic. Custom Built Desktop, Intel Pentium Dual Core 2ghz OC to 3ghz, 720gb HD, Win VISTA x64bit 500W PSU, 512mb Video Card, 4gb ram DVD-RW (Aug 08)Toshiba Satellite A135-S7406 Laptop, Celeron M 1.73ghz, 2GB DDR2 Ram, 80GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW, Windows VISTA(Dec 17th 2007) Road Runner Turbo, Linksys Wireless N My Website

05-07-2009, 07:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
kookooshortman55 Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: California/Arizona Age: 19 Posts: 1,546	Alright, yeah that was meant to say can't, good catch. Well HP said to send them the laptop, they're shipping a box out for repairing. If they send it back and it's still broken I'll give this a shot. Hopefully they'll send back the same hard drive hah __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5200+ @ 2.6GHz GPU: Zotac 8800GT AMP! w/ Akimbo 740/1800/2000 PSU: 450W Corsair VX450 Monitor: Acer 22" X223W Memory: 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 HDD: 320GB HDD Speakers: Logitech 5.1 X-540 3DMark06: 9521 3DMarks

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