12-15-2014
09:36 AM
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03-06-2024
03:50 AM
by
ROGBot
12-15-2014 10:47 AM
12-15-2014 08:53 PM
12-16-2014 08:52 AM
12-16-2014 08:37 PM
12-17-2014 08:54 AM
mr_johnson22 wrote:
Thanks for the advice! Just one question: can the alternate hard drive be an external one connected by USB, or do I have to get another HDD to put in the now-vacant slot in the computer? (I assume it's the latter, but I already have a few external drives lying around.) In any case, what I think I should do next is perform a fresh OS install on the new hard drive and see if things still work. Or if I can get the Live CD working, I could also set the BIOS to give boot priority to the optical drive over the HDD, put the old HDD back in, and hopefully be able to boot into the Live CD and try to examine the hard drive while running that.
I should get a chance to try things out in a day or two. I'll be sure to post my progress here.
12-17-2014 01:23 AM
12-18-2014 12:16 AM
12-18-2014 08:48 AM
mr_johnson22 wrote:
Alright, thanks for all the hard drive tips. Before I go out and get one, though, do you think it's safe for me to try to put my old HDD back in and to back it up (or at least copy some important files) while running a Live USB, which I just got working? If putting the old HDD will damage it further (I don't see why it would, but then again I don't know why it got damaged in the first place), I'll use some other method of getting my data back from it.
12-18-2014 11:22 AM