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**mrbagrat** · 05-27-2007, 03:55 PM

Titles says it. I only had one 320gb in my main comp, held all my music, movies, OS, etc.

It's detected by the BIOS, but S.M.A.R.T says the hard drive is bad and needs to be replaced. When I try to boot from it it says a system file (NTFS.sys) is corrupt, and it doesn't get any further.

But I think the files are intact, because a disk checkup was running through applications and files (checking them for errors), so they are there. System repair doesn't work-it says the hard drive is bad. I can do system restores though, but that doens't do anything if I can't boot up.
^^All that was done from the Windows Vista install disk

So what can I do? Would it work to get another 320gb, install and OS, and rescue the files that I need?
Or do I need to go to a data recovery place?

**Frenchb0ygenius** · 05-27-2007, 04:56 PM

was this that seagate one?

**mrbagrat** · 05-27-2007, 05:04 PM

This was. a 7200.10 Perpendicular Recording. I know they have a history of failing, but not when I got it.

**Frenchb0ygenius** · 05-27-2007, 05:08 PM

my advice is if u get another hard drive, dont get a seagate!

**|-Anubis-|** · 05-27-2007, 06:23 PM

I think installing another OS on another hard drive and trying to rescue the files may be the best option.

Whats wrong with perpendicular recording?

**mrbagrat** · 05-27-2007, 06:39 PM

Nothing. I hope. I think the 7200.10 series is the first commercially available PR Hard Drive, and the series has been pretty unreliable. So ya never know.

And I have a 1gb thumb drive-how would I go about getting DSL or something onto it? I tried before but it said "There was an error in starting the OS" or something.

EDIT: Oh, and a 40gb hard drive. but I have over 80 gb of files, so...yeah.

But it doesn't fix the fact that the drive is broken.

**Adiuvo** · 05-27-2007, 07:17 PM

With your USB booting issue, ask for help here.

**Vanden** · 05-27-2007, 09:47 PM

Ubuntu has ntfs support on there live cd. Get a exturnal drive and copy over the files or just make a copy of the partition then buy a new HDD and copy over the partition and you sould be all set.

**Urza** · 05-27-2007, 11:45 PM

Pretty much every OS outside of Vista can be booted off a flash drive.

05-27-2007, 03:55 PM	#1
mrbagrat mrbagrat Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 521 Trader Feedback: 0	hard drive failure Titles says it. I only had one 320gb in my main comp, held all my music, movies, OS, etc. It's detected by the BIOS, but S.M.A.R.T says the hard drive is bad and needs to be replaced. When I try to boot from it it says a system file (NTFS.sys) is corrupt, and it doesn't get any further. But I think the files are intact, because a disk checkup was running through applications and files (checking them for errors), so they are there. System repair doesn't work-it says the hard drive is bad. I can do system restores though, but that doens't do anything if I can't boot up. ^^All that was done from the Windows Vista install disk So what can I do? Would it work to get another 320gb, install and OS, and rescue the files that I need? Or do I need to go to a data recovery place? __________________ [color=pink][b]Cope2 is t3h s3xxorz[/b][/color] [color=red][b]-Alex- has awsome[/b][/color] [PRE][B]sg57 i love you for turning on the light of homebrew when i was in the darkness of sony[/b][/pre]

05-27-2007, 05:04 PM	#3
mrbagrat mrbagrat Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 521 Trader Feedback: 0	This was. a 7200.10 Perpendicular Recording. I know they have a history of failing, but not when I got it. __________________ [color=pink][b]Cope2 is t3h s3xxorz[/b][/color] [color=red][b]-Alex- has awsome[/b][/color] [PRE][B]sg57 i love you for turning on the light of homebrew when i was in the darkness of sony[/b][/pre]

05-27-2007, 06:23 PM	#5
\|-Anubis-\| Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,294 Trader Feedback: 0	I think installing another OS on another hard drive and trying to rescue the files may be the best option. Whats wrong with perpendicular recording? __________________ [fieldset=Interesting Links][url=http://qjwiki.net/index.php?title=Special:Random][COLOR="Red"] Random Page from the QJ.NET Wiki![/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://blackanduril.googlepages.com/home][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Decompressed RCOs[/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=167&pid=1764#pid1764][COLOR="Orange"]RCO Editor 1.15C PNG SUPPORT![/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=90916][COLOR="green"]Ultimate Downgrader Guide[/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=92230][COLOR="SlateGray"]Recovery Menu FAQ[/COLOR][/url] [url=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~duongsaa/more_htm/jk_100animeRules.htm][COLOR="YellowGreen"]Anime Laws[/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://blackanduril.googlepages.com/3.71conversion][COLOR="Green"]3.71 Theme Conversion Guide[/COLOR][/url][/fieldset]

05-27-2007, 06:39 PM	#6
mrbagrat mrbagrat Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 521 Trader Feedback: 0	Nothing. I hope. I think the 7200.10 series is the first commercially available PR Hard Drive, and the series has been pretty unreliable. So ya never know. And I have a 1gb thumb drive-how would I go about getting DSL or something onto it? I tried before but it said "There was an error in starting the OS" or something. EDIT: Oh, and a 40gb hard drive. but I have over 80 gb of files, so...yeah. But it doesn't fix the fact that the drive is broken. __________________ [color=pink][b]Cope2 is t3h s3xxorz[/b][/color] [color=red][b]-Alex- has awsome[/b][/color] [PRE][B]sg57 i love you for turning on the light of homebrew when i was in the darkness of sony[/b][/pre]

05-27-2007, 07:17 PM	#7
Adiuvo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NorCal Posts: 24,900 Trader Feedback: 0	With your USB booting issue, ask for help here. __________________ If you ever need me, you can contact me at [URL="********.net"]********.net.[/URL]

05-27-2007, 04:56 PM	#2
Frenchb0ygenius Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 0 Trader Feedback: 0	was this that seagate one?

05-27-2007, 05:08 PM	#4
Frenchb0ygenius Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 0 Trader Feedback: 0	my advice is if u get another hard drive, dont get a seagate!

05-27-2007, 09:47 PM	#8
Vanden Join Date: Aug 2005 Real First Name: Vanden Location: Vandenland Just Played: Marval 1 Posts: 11,489 Trader Feedback: 0	Ubuntu has ntfs support on there live cd. Get a exturnal drive and copy over the files or just make a copy of the partition then buy a new HDD and copy over the partition and you sould be all set. __________________ You know where to find me.

05-27-2007, 11:45 PM	#9
Urza Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,540 Trader Feedback: 0	Pretty much every OS outside of Vista can be booted off a flash drive.

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