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On my sisters computer the hard drive clicks really loud and it will not boot up. It says windows\system\config\system and I have tried to go into the Windows XP recovery console and then it says that there is no operating system. She just wants her pics of her family off of it if possible. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Originally posted by NOSC4ME View Post
Good luck. Clicking=dead or nearly dead hard drive.
I'll never understand why people don't back that shit up... hell, you could stick them on flickr for 20$/year.You stay classy Chet Beireis
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It now says there is no previous version. The drive is junk huh?Comment
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Sometimes you can stick the hard drive in the freezer for half an hour or so, then slave it into another computer and have just enough time to pull some files off of it before the clicking gets real bad and it just quits.
Call it an urban legend, but it's worked for me.Originally posted by NickComment
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HD is toast.Comment
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you could try buying an external enclosure for the hard drive. Then you might be able to plug it into a usb port on another computer and possibly get the data off itComment
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You can take it to a recovery place and pay $1500 or so.
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I sure hope she backed those up. Because. She's fucked.Comment
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too much pornComment
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How is this superior to just slaving it into another computer?Originally posted by svonasek View PostOriginally posted by NickComment
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I second the freezer method.god damned tinypic.Comment
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This has worked for me once with a HD and once with a flash drive it's worth a shot.Originally posted by Akromix View PostComment
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Its worth a try.
If you want you could drop it off with me and I can give it a shot pulling her info this weekend.
see my post here:http://tcstangs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94599
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Grab one of these and plug the hard drive into another computer. This thing is great because it works for ANY hd - laptop/desktop IDE & SATA.
Even though the drive is clicking, it doesn't mean you can't pull the data off. Another option is to get a program called Spinrite. I have used this utility to repair drives that seemed destined for the scrap heap many times over. You can either buy it for $90 or find a torrent for it. Good luck
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