Preoblem Laptop thread - please help

[Hoppy2008]

Ok, risking the wrath of PH mods here, but my thread was removed from P&P as I ws told I would get better response in Computers & stuff. I didnt get any there but did get lots of advice here.
Whoever it was said they could help recover the data from my HD, please reply again..any other advice or help welcome.
Mods - please leave this thread here and delete the one in computers and stuff.

edited for spelling.

Edited by Hoppy2008 on Wednesday 22 October 09:09

[rich1231]

Hoppy2008 said:

Ok, risking the wrath of PH here, but my thread was rewmoved from P&P as I ws told I would get better response in Computers & stuff. I didnt get any there but did get lots of advice here.
Whovere it was said they could help recover the data from my HD, please reply again..any other advice or help welcome.
Mods - please leave this thread here and delete the one in computers and stuff.

idiot, this isnt the place to parade your lack of technical skills.

or my typing

Edited by rich1231 on Wednesday 22 October 09:05

[Hoppy2008]

rich1231 said:

Hoppy2008 said:

Ok, risking the wrath of PH here, but my thread was rewmoved from P&P as I ws told I would get better response in Computers & stuff. I didnt get any there but did get lots of advice here.
Whovere it was said they could help recover the data from my HD, please reply again..any other advice or help welcome.
Mods - please leave this thread here and delete the one in computers and stuff.

idiot, this isnt the place your lack of technical skills.

If you're gonna throw abuse, at least make sure it makes sense.

[anonymous-user]

Hoppy2008 said:

rich1231 said:

Hoppy2008 said:

Ok, risking the wrath of PH here, but my thread was rewmoved from P&P as I ws told I would get better response in Computers & stuff. I didnt get any there but did get lots of advice here.
Whovere it was said they could help recover the data from my HD, please reply again..any other advice or help welcome.
Mods - please leave this thread here and delete the one in computers and stuff.

idiot, this isnt the place your lack of technical skills.

If you're gonna throw abuse, at least make sure it makes sense.

2.5" drive enclosure - pop drive inside - attach to other pc - unless HD is completely shafted you'll get the data out.

If you can't read it - try running a linux install on the other pc and accessing via that - Unbuntu or PClinuxOS as are easy to use

[Hoppy2008]

wsurfa said:

Hoppy2008 said:

rich1231 said:

Hoppy2008 said:

Ok, risking the wrath of PH here, but my thread was rewmoved from P&P as I ws told I would get better response in Computers & stuff. I didnt get any there but did get lots of advice here.
Whovere it was said they could help recover the data from my HD, please reply again..any other advice or help welcome.
Mods - please leave this thread here and delete the one in computers and stuff.

idiot, this isnt the place your lack of technical skills.

If you're gonna throw abuse, at least make sure it makes sense.

2.5" drive enclosure - pop drive inside - attach to other pc - unless HD is completely shafted you'll get the data out.

If you can't read it - try running a linux install on the other pc and accessing via that - Unbuntu or PClinuxOS as are easy to use

Thanks mate, Ill give that a go.
Someone else suggested it was the motherboard?

[Hoppy2008]

rich1231 said:

Hoppy2008 said:

Ok, risking the wrath of PH here, but my thread was rewmoved from P&P as I ws told I would get better response in Computers & stuff. I didnt get any there but did get lots of advice here.
Whovere it was said they could help recover the data from my HD, please reply again..any other advice or help welcome.
Mods - please leave this thread here and delete the one in computers and stuff.

idiot, this isnt the place to parade your lack of technical skills.

or my typing

Edited by rich1231 on Wednesday 22 October 09:05

Thats better!
Now, how about some help?

[Hoppy2008]

Just to clarify, here is the original thread...

Hi.
I have a Dell Precision M6300 Laptop, bought new in January this year.
All was well with said Laptop, until yesterday.
I was working on it on the train on my daily commute and shut down normally. I tried to re-boot about half hour later and it just wouldnt work?!?
It got to the screen where it says "PRESS F2 FOR SETTINGS OR F12 FOR [SOMETHING ELSE]" then the screen just went blank.
I have a warranty so spoke to Dell and they ran me through some tests. It wont boot in sfae mode so the guy was pretty baffled and said he would send me out a new hard drive today but also said it was unlikely it was the hard drive after only 9 or 10 months. I would have to pay for someone to try and retreive all the data from the existing hard disc. I have LOTS of work on there that I would be fked if lost!
Does anyone have any ideas?
Cheers

Hoppy

Edited by Hoppy2008 on Wednesday 22 October 09:15

[Scraggles]

as above, plug it into another computer within a caddy

when u recover the data, get a DVD burner and do monthly backups of the data you cant lose

[Arese]

Hoppy2008 said:

Just to clarify....

My Dell Precision M6300 Laptop suddenly wouldnt boot.
It was bought new in Januray this year.
I have a LOT of data on the HD that I do NOT want to lose.
Any help appreciated,

Cheers

Hoppy

Like wsurfa said, get an external usb enclosure and attach the drive to another machine, then copy whatever data off that you need. That's the first step. Then you can look at rebuilding the drive, preferably with the recovery disks that should have come with the laptop.

[Hoppy2008]

Scraggles said:

as above, plug it into another computer within a caddy

when u recover the data, get a DVD burner and do monthly backups of the data you cant lose

Cheers mate, I will be backing up form now on.
thing is, some people are saying it may not be the HD, but maybe the motherboard instead. Or even the OS, Windows XP Pro?

[HRG]

So it tries to boot Windows but fails? Sounds very much like simple HDD corruption to me. Boot from a Windows CD and enter the recovery console.

Type

"chkdsk /r"

Without the quotes. 9/10 times this resolves your symptoms.

[Hoppy2008]

HRG said:

So it tries to boot Windows but fails? Sounds very much like simple HDD corruption to me. Boot from a Windows CD and enter the recovery console.

Type

"chkdsk /r"

Without the quotes. 9/10 times this resolves your symptoms.

thanks mate, my windows disc is at home so Ill try that tonight.

[carerra g tea]

your boot sector is screwed. install xp or vista to another directory without reformatting. you should be able to see everything. if not, it's time to invest in some utilities and mount this drive as a second drive on another pc.

[Hoppy2008]

carerra g tea said:

your boot sector is screwed. install xp or vista to another directory without reformatting. you should be able to see everything. if not, it's time to invest in some utilities and mount this drive as a second drive on another pc.

Cheers mate, I'll try that also.