Hey everyone!
Sometime last week i realised i was running out of space on my C partition on my 500GB western digital blue ( http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-364-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940 )
and so i tried to extend the C partition, i was pretty sure i could do it as i was sure i did it on a previous 320GB HDD i had, i tried to use partition magic 8 which said there was errors when loading the program and i let it 'auto fix' the errors and the Hard drive showed up as 'BAD' or yellow on partition magic meaning i couldnt do anything with it, so i shut the PC down for the night and when i got up in the morning the PC would just restart when it got to the 'loading windows 7' bubble animation thing, i tried resetting my OC to stock etc, but it all failed, even windows cant do the start up repair crap because it says its not working or something like that,
so i put the half dead 500GB HDD into my spare PC and its recognized in the Bios and windows device manager but it doesnt show up in 'My computer'
i desperately need to try and recover the files on this HDD as its got ALL the files for my dads nightclub business on there as i do his posters and website etc on there for him,,,
Can anyone PLEASE help? all i really need is the business files, the 300GB of games can be downloaded and restarted, im not too bothered, but i NEED the business files :/
Many, MANY thanks in advance,
Curtis!
Sometime last week i realised i was running out of space on my C partition on my 500GB western digital blue ( http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-364-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940 )
and so i tried to extend the C partition, i was pretty sure i could do it as i was sure i did it on a previous 320GB HDD i had, i tried to use partition magic 8 which said there was errors when loading the program and i let it 'auto fix' the errors and the Hard drive showed up as 'BAD' or yellow on partition magic meaning i couldnt do anything with it, so i shut the PC down for the night and when i got up in the morning the PC would just restart when it got to the 'loading windows 7' bubble animation thing, i tried resetting my OC to stock etc, but it all failed, even windows cant do the start up repair crap because it says its not working or something like that,
so i put the half dead 500GB HDD into my spare PC and its recognized in the Bios and windows device manager but it doesnt show up in 'My computer'
i desperately need to try and recover the files on this HDD as its got ALL the files for my dads nightclub business on there as i do his posters and website etc on there for him,,,
Can anyone PLEASE help? all i really need is the business files, the 300GB of games can be downloaded and restarted, im not too bothered, but i NEED the business files :/
Many, MANY thanks in advance,
Curtis!
but im not too sure how to use test disk? is it able to fix the hard drive or will it let me acces the HDD's files and recover them? also the PC inspector thing doesnt find the hard drive so im kinda strumped :/ im using a diagnostic tool from WD's site and its scanning now, ill ost back the resultss