i have a lab top where the hard drive has been corupped and now the os is not loading up on it at all but there are very important files that i need to get off the hard drive, does anyone have any ideas of how i can do this, the os that was on there was windows 7.
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Jump to PostYou can pop out the hard drive, and use a USB to IDE/SATA adapter to hook up the drive like a USB-drive.
I use this one: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2329300&CatId=3770
The adapters are pretty …
Jump to PostHello,
You may need to fix errors on the disk, if there are corrupt sectors you may need to scan the file system for errors.
Have a look at this. If …
Jump to Posttry using a bootable disk and run HDDreg from the disk it might show u the cause
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