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| Thread ID: 142177 | 2016-05-11 20:41:00 | Missing operating system | micky (7329) | Press F1 |
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| 1420360 | 2016-05-20 04:35:00 | My son took the 640gb hhd to computer guy whom has managed to retrieve the files which are about 4 folders, which are mixed up and I will trawl through them to try and get necessary files photo's, documents and video's. I bought a 1TB portable hdd for him to copy the folders!. So which would be the best way to reinstall windows? Go for the Asus option of just refitting hdd into laptop and reformat to windows 7 with the 3 partitions and then upgrade to win 10. Or just to fresh install of win 10 via usb on original 640gb hdd or a fresh install of 7 or 10 with just one partition which would be easier to access externally. |
micky (7329) | ||
| 1420361 | 2016-05-20 04:57:00 | Fresh install W10, using Windows 7 Key, OR if Windows 10 did previously install, then install W10 and when prompted for the key, select either skip or I don't have a key, since if W10 was previously installed it should automatically activate. Just make sure you select the correct version you previously had ( home or Professional) when you get the option. Once installed then if you want to partition, then go ahead, but keep in mind, partitions used for backups aren't really safe, WHEN the drive fails, guess where the backups are ;) on the failed drive. BUT before you do anything - attach the old HDD to another PC either by an external enclosure, or SATA cable and run Crystal Disk Info CrystalDiskInfo6_8_2.zip (osdn.jp 2.zip) That's a direct download link - unzip it and check the state of the drive, if its showing with either bad sectors then biff the drive as far as you can throw it. Drives with failed sectors will give nothing but troubles. Your "computer Guy" if hes any good should have checked the condition of the drive to make sure its OK. Got 3 customers computers here now, all with various states of failed drives -- two Hitachi's and 1 Seagate :( ALL with boot failures, running a checker over the drives it showed all the failed sectors, so double :( :( |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1420362 | 2016-05-20 05:07:00 | This is the perfect time to install a SSD hard drive . quoteth ".... as its his business PC. " even if HD tests show OK, it may have intermittent fault. You need to ask yourself, can I trust that HD. Maybee it was just a Win10 upgrade hickup ? maybee not. So buy a new SSD, or $100ish on a new old school HD for it. Or just risk it & hope it doesnt happen again. :) |
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