My computer=PWNED :(

[?igma]

There's no way he can get an external HD to master ? or isn't that allowed for USB ?

[Deadfire]

There's no way he can get an external HD to master ? or isn't that allowed for USB ?

Indeed there is he needs to set the laptop to boot off USB, Alot of laptops have this in the Bios boot options.

As well getting the hard drive is simple in most cases, If I can get a model number I can possibly pull instructions on how to do it. As well most computer places now a days sell external shells for laptop hard drives (2.5) and with return policies like they are you can use it and return it and no pain to the pocket.

The other option like some people have said is installing a linux copy on the HD. Most Linux installs (Fedora comes to mine here) allows you to just adjust the size of the partions already present in order to install. Then once you boot into Linux, mount your windows partion and there you go.

The 3rd options is like the first is taking the hard drive out and putting in a external and the just hooking it up to a friends computer.


If the hard drive is however unreadible then...well you are fucked

[rockmanj]

If the hard drive is however unreadible then...well you are fucked

Funny you should say, that...as its unreadable (i took the hd out, put it in my external shell, and no dice), so im pretty much screwed, and I'll be getting a new hd tomorrow. But another question for u guys...what about data recovery? i have some really important files on that HD that i probably cannot get again, and i was wondering what options there are for that. I know its expensive, but im willing to pay for it.

[darkshadow]

data recovery? 100$ per gb...

[itadakimasu]

since you're posting im assuming you do have access to the internet on a working computer. Read my previous post and give that a try. Not too long ago my gf gave me her moms hd that wouldn't boot and i couldn't get it to boot or access it through pclinux or as a slave, i did some googling though and found a couple very useful hd tools :

ADRC_Data_Recovery_Tools_v1.01
ADRC_Hard_Disk_Checker_v1.0

very small prog, the data recovery tools allowed me to make a complete image of the hard drive (40gb) and then i took that image and put it onto the hard drive and then it would boot. $100 per gb.... i joked that she owed me money but as a running joke we both dont accept money as payments for things hehe


ANYHOW. On topic. Computer = pwnd, yep.

I completely raped my computer last night. I got a new video card (x1950 xt sapphire) and this thing is gigantic. could not get it to seat completely into the pci-e slot and so i unscrewed the mobo and lifted it up some and then the card went into the slot however when i started the computer it gave me just garbled nonsense on the screen... grrrr. i ended up removing it and then booted off of the onboard card and it booted fine into windows, was going to install the onboard drivers for my vista and cmputer restarted so i was pushing del to get into the bios to check on memory settings and instead of bios coming up, this gigabyte quick recovery feature they have started to run... so i turned off my computer... then, no boot. i tried taking out the battery to reset cmos but the damn thing would not budge. i jumpered the jumper to reset it ( manual says you can do either way) and nothing .... then when starting it it sounded like power was kicking down really low after the initial startup.

this morning, i put in my old mobo and it did the same thing that the other did so i am hoping that my motherboard is not totally trashed since the other mobo did the same thing... maybe it is the powersuppoly... or maybe i am grounding out on the case... IDFK... at the end of the night though my computer was totally raped and in pieces. (will post picture later)

[itadakimasu]

ok... got home last night and slowly put my system back together and it all is working fine. I was able to snap off the metal "things" that were keeping the video card from seating correctly and now it snaps right into place, but i need to get a new power supply and im out of town until tomorrow. but, the computer is alive. The geh recovery stuff damaged my vista install and this morning when i left my house it was in the process of repairing. so hopefully when i get home it is going to be up and running.

[rockmanj]

thanks again for all the help...I ended up replacing my HD, and it seems to be working fine now. But i had to do a clean install >.<, get all the drivers, etc. I guess i should be happy that i have a computer again; hopefully i can recover the info from my old HD.