Disk Read Error = Dead drive?

Anubis386

Anubis386

Anubis386

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My PC restarted itself at some point while I was out and came back to find it sitting at post saying:

"A disk read error has occurred"

So I've hit CTRL+ALT+DEL and tried booting normally again to no avail, I then tried booting the drive straight from the boot menu and got the error:

"Error Loading OS"

So I stick in my Vista disc and go to repair, let it scan for problems and that but it comes up with none ...

I'm currently installing Vista on a different drive (which I'm annoyed about as I've lost about 50GB of music, game saves and other data) to try and pull my data across from the broken drive ...

Dead drive? or whats the problem? Do I need to RMA? ..

Cheers :beer:
 
Even if it appears RAW you could get DATA Back (i did after a Mobo fried).

Boot up with your good HDD with your new installed OS, and add the BAD HDD to it as the non boot then install this app.

http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm

Do the Long/Slow/Full (whatever it calls it) scan and also search for Recycled/Deleted. Files
 
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