connor_us65 Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 It all happens when I was trying to upgrade my system with VISTA Well, I don’t know how but my hard drive died on me... and Vista won't boot. Interestingly, when I pop the drive into an external enclosure, and turn it on inside of VISTA, it causes the computer to crash, and restart. I spent some time searching these forums for some help, but figured after about 15 minutes, that I should start my own post. I would love to do this recovery myself, but the data is very important and crucial that I don’t want to take any risk. Can anyone offer me some pointers as to where I might begin, given the strange crashing symptom?Any and all help appreciated.
puntoMX Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 Well, as you already figured out you should have made a backup first...But to late for that. I would connect the drive in an other computer and get the data you need of that drive, make a back up of it and use a full format on that drive with a full install of Vista. I don´t think it´s a hardware problem there b/c Vista doesn´t kill drives, but yes, all your components will live shorter; Vista "uses" the hardware more then you think or would like .
gabriel_409 Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 It could be bad sectors / damage to partition table or file system structure in such away that it will hang the system. I suggest downloading manufacture disk drive test or you can try the partition repair/data recovery software by “Salvage Data Recovery Lab Inc”. You can find it easily if you just run a search in google it’s name… Instructions are clear while installing. Connect your drive as secondary drive on the system (not external) / or even primary and let that software run. That at least will let you know if drive is ok.
nmX.Memnoch Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 all your components will live shorter; Vista "uses" the hardware more then you think or would likeErrrr...yeah, because all of my database servers at work have to be replaced every year since they're being hammered. Vista isn't going to make your hardware die faster.
ripken204 Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 (edited) all your components will live shorter; Vista "uses" the hardware more then you think or would likeErrrr...yeah, because all of my database servers at work have to be replaced every year since they're being hammered. Vista isn't going to make your hardware die faster.well it could. ive had my own experience with vista corrupting my hdd. i tried to get my data back, got some stuff but i just said , f*** it, its not that important. and i just cleared out my whole hdd and but xp x64 back on. Edited February 12, 2007 by ripken204
nmX.Memnoch Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Were you loading custom HDD controller drivers during the install?Even so...it didn't kill the drive itself.
puntoMX Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 all your components will live shorter; Vista "uses" the hardware more then you think or would likeErrrr...yeah, because all of my database servers at work have to be replaced every year since they're being hammered. Vista isn't going to make your hardware die faster.okay okay, (remember those eyes?)Die faster as in "stressed more" .
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