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PC not Starting. Bootscreen loop.
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RedViking
Nord of the South
Already tried. It is stuffed. I am pretty sure of it. It worked hard and long and it reached the end of the road.
Sucks man.
I've revived an old Seagate Parallel 10GB drive with Spinrite in the past. It takes ages and needs lots of patience though.
RedViking
Nord of the South
I guess it comes down to finances and data. I managed to get the data off. Sjoe!!! Now to gamble between a new drive or another failure. I think I will just get a new drive.
You could do a chkdsk /f /r
You could also repartition/reformat.
Load data on it like your downloads folder.
Or any other folder you won't mind being lost.
Use it as a secondary drive with the new drive.
Or slap it in a external case for external hdd (after knowing it works).
RedViking
Nord of the South
The pic would make more sense in terms of DR if two of the same models were next to each other.
In terms of a Popeye move, yep. Smash.
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Johnatan56
Honorary Master
Generally if a HDD fails like that, rather just wipe. If it was something that could be explained by Windows being messed up, fine, wipe and use as secondary, not as primary.
That's why I suggested he should use it as secondary with data he doesn't mind losing.
I don't have specifics 'how' the drive isn't working, except the boot loop.
RedViking
Nord of the South
Got a new HDD at Matrix who opened this morning (perfect timing) , the other stores are just super crazy and not worth the risk due to COVID 19.
Installed Windows 7 and inserted the activation key. Still got a 'non genuine windows' and black background. Tried phone activation. Lines dead and not working. One answered in Spanish (robot). Found a windows 10 number and one of the option was "Not Windows 10 PC". ... anyways. All good now.
Quickly downloading Windows 10 and hope the upgrade is good without issues.
Installed Windows 7 and inserted the activation key. Still got a 'non genuine windows' and black background. Tried phone activation. Lines dead and not working. One answered in Spanish (robot). Found a windows 10 number and one of the option was "Not Windows 10 PC". ... anyways. All good now.
Quickly downloading Windows 10 and hope the upgrade is good without issues.