Failed Harddrive, what now?
Turn computer off, turned back on harddrive is dead. No 24 digit number. Lots of stuff in there… like QuickBooks and other things. Is this a throw away situation?
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Hi Preston,
if you only want to get your data back from the HDD, you must connect your HDD to another working computer '(via USB reduction, or just put into the SATA connection in the case). If the HDD is still dead, there are some options:
If you can see your HDD into the device manager (HDD partition, etc.) but your HDD is not accessible:
- RUN CMD with admin rights
- run command: chkdsk “disk character” /f (example. My disc is on the letter C, so command is: chkdsk C: /F) - this command you can also use if your windows is only corrupted and you want to repair it from the installation CD/image.
- after the scan is completed, you will be allowed to manipulating with HDD data
If your HDD is not working anymore:
- Try to boot Windows Repair Console from the installation device of your Windows version
- Choose repair Windows
- If the HDD is not physically damaged, Windows will repair issues
If your HDD is not physically damaged, it’s accessible and you’re getting an issue with the bootloader or with windows boot.bcd:
- Search for the Trinity Rescue Kit and try to repair your HDD with this useful Linux version from the unique Linux distribution
If your HDD is still dead, please specify kind of damage, if your HDD is working - check visually, and if the HDD is not giving you some type of error code.
Hope, we will recover your data :)
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