Jeremy

Removed.

Upon boot-up, it says "error leading operating system". I could insert a bootable USB with Windows 7 on it and attempt a repair. Take into consideration and keep in mind that I have the opporunity and am willing to buy and install an SSD to replace the HDD. I can, in my spare time, attept to recover data from the HDD and transfer. I just need to make sure that the SSD would fit and be compatible with this particular laptop (Acer Aspire 5250).

I removed a 640GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue HDD from my grandmother's laptop. I connected it to my desktop using an external enclosure which is connected via USB. When I connect it, it shows up two separate drives in Windows Explorer; neither of which I can access. When using TestDisk, it is stuck at 2% of analyzing the partitions. I attempted to run a chkdsk as well: Can someone please assist me?