My sister once had a computer that stopped working.? In her case,
the OS was messed up, not the hard drive.? It was easy to recover
the data from the hard drive using Linux.? However, it sounds like
Jack's issue is with the drive itself.? Trying different machines is
still a good idea, in case something is messed up with a Windows
driver, but it sounds like the drive itself is bad.? If it's a
mechanical drive, I've been known to slap it pretty hard a couple of
times or drop it a couple of inches, to unstick the drive.? That
might work if the drive is stuck.? If you can hear the drive
spinning up when turned on, then it's not stuck.? Throwing it
against a wall probably won't help with the drive but it may help
get rid of some frustration (hi).? Good luck, Jack.
73, John, AA0VE
On 2/22/25 13:31, Greg KF5N via
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You might be able to do that with a Windows machine.? You can
get a USB to SATA adapter (plus power supply if required).
So you plug the damaged drive into the adapter,? USB into the
working Windows machine, and a drive appears.
If the damage is only in the OS, then the data will be
intact.? But it has been a long time since I tried that with
Windows.? That route may not work with the latest and greatest
Windows OS.
Anyhow those adapters are a great thing to have.? I use one
for backing up to external drives.
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73 Greg KF5N
