Hard drive DEAD?

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• Find Favorites folder on a PC hard drive dead?

  My office is dead (register kaput). I have Firefox on my laptop. Assuming that the files can be recovered from the hard drive, is it possible to get the old bookmarks and restore it on the laptop?

  Bookmarks are stored in a file called places.sqlite in the profile folder. You can copy this file from the old profile folder in the profile of the notebook folder, this will replace the bookmarks in the laptop with the workstation.

  For more information on how to find the profile folder, see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

  You can retrieve more than just bookmarks, for details, see https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

• Re: Satellite C850 - replacement HARD drive dead, install OS

  I have a Toshiba Satellite C850 with a completely dead hard drive. I have no Win 7 DVD but I don't have the product key.
  Where should I go from here?

  Hello

  If you have a valid key, you can download the iso file of Windows 7 from Microsoft.
  This image file can be burned to a disc.
  Then you can use this disk to install the Windows 7 and activate with valid key.

  But be careful: If you mean the serial key which is located at the bottom of the device, you would know that those keys cannot be used for activation of Win 7. Its key OEM belonging to Toshiba preinstalled image. I guess that it will not work.

• Satellite L670 - hard drive dead after only 8 months

  Hello

  This morning I return my laptop due to defective hard drive problem. After 8 months, he is already dead.

  The positives are: I'm still under warranty and the second the software toshiba hilighted me from time to time, allowing me to back up my data before the crash. TKS Toshiba for this very useful tool.

  The question is: how a hard drive die that fast after fews month only?

  Bad luck or bad use? I wonder.

  I wish to have feedback from those L670 who owns the same model (windows 7), to understand if this problem is common or if I was unfortunately concerned.

  Also, if there are possible solutions to avoid the stress of the HD for daily use? As for example, reduce writing on this subject (save blu - ray using AnyDvD HD on hd, then cut & paste for external hard drive), or connect too often external hard drive in order to avoid the extra electricity if necessary?

  In the future, I have to perform chkdsk more often? Defrag? If Yes, how often?

  This is my 3rd phone dying, Sony VAIO = mothercard dead after 1.2 years, Fujitsu Amilo xi = exploded after 3 years and now Toshiba HD after 8 months.

  900EUR up to 1600EUR, I do not see significant resistance of one of these models, Sony was the badest ever in terms of longevity of the video card and compatibility (unplayable games after 2 months, no update of the driver), keyboard 'paint' was a mess with deterioration after fews month compared to Fujitsu and Toshiba (no points). Toshiba L670 most recent, was the best in terms of game compatibility.

  What should do? Stop buying the laptop or use only fews hours a day with a PC on top?
  For time beeing I can't afford to have a PC + a computer laptop that I'm unemployed, surviving with 10EUR per day.
  time to find a new job.

  Despite this, I managed to buy the new book of the cooler Zelman for my Toshiba 40/50EUR all about, but it did not help apparently.

  TKS for your comments about life duration L670 and particularly problem HD + best use to protect it.

  Guillaume

  In my opinion the answer is clear: no chance.

  In any case, don t think too much on the use of the laptop. Cell phone is designed to operate for a long period, then there is no reason to reduce the time to use on your Toshi.
  I use my laptop to work on a daily basis and it works at least 10 hours a day, sometimes one night too many.
  Just be careful that your laptop is placed on the desktop, the cooling fans must not be blocked by what it is.
  All that s.

• HARD drive dead, retrieve files from external hard drive

  Hi all, my HARD drive is dead, I installed a new. I have a complete copy of my system to an external drive, including my o/s, it was created using Vista upward.
  I cannot now access these files or the o/s.
  How can I use to load all my data on my new HARD drive?

  Hello stan49,

  ·         What type of backup that you created on your external hard drive?

  ·         What happens when you try to restore the data on your computer?

  If you used the Windows backup utility to create a backup on your computer, you can check the link that will give you information about how to restore from a backup below:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/restore-files-from-a-backup

  Thank you
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• Laptop card hard drive dead mother is not, can I put that same hard drive in a laptop and have my old settings?

  I have a laptop ASUS K55A comes with Win 7 64 bit installed - sticker of license on the bottom of the laptop.  I had problems with the laptop and took it to a repair place and they say that my motherboard is dead and must be replaced at a very heavy cost.  I found more than one K55A on ebay but without OS and at a price lower than the cost of replacing the motherboard and they come with a 90 day warrant.  So my question is can I trade identical but used my old laptop to laptop hard drive and got it working and windows be OK? I know that win10 will soon be available and shall be deemed to be free for users of win7 and I won't be able to upgrade. Thank you

  Yes, you can. If the replacement of K55A has a COA sticker, you can use the product key to update license information.

• CS6 Design Premium reauthorize after hard drive dead

  I had a hard drive to die at work and eventually bought a new iMac. After reinstalling my system on the new computer from a backup Time Machine, serial numbers has not deferred. I used Mac Key Finder Pro to shoot my CS6 serial number, but now it says it is invalid. What because he is still active on the machine of dead and if so, how can I disable the one?

  I know there are steps to follow to retrieve the serial numbers for recorded programs, but none of the products not listed for my Id or one of the buyers for the company that I work. So I don't really know what to do from here.

  It's because you've used time machine.

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• HARD drive dead, change?

  I have a Macbook Pro 15 "i7 mid 2012. My HARD drive just died (slowly and painfully). In a first stage, it froze, then after a reboot, Finder was to crash and restart. Another reboot failed, it just froze on the logo Apple, next took 20 minutes, but it finally began. I thought I could solve the problem by upgrading the operating system (he had done that in a while, I got Yosemite) so I downloaded El Capitan via the app store, but when it was supposed to restart to start the installation, it froze again. I also have Windows 8 on bootcamp so I switched to that to see if it was also weird, but it looked good so I decided to start OS X in safe mode, see if it helps. It didn't, although it start faster, but Finder broke again and finally it froze. I started toward the top of the recovery partition, I have not a Time Machine backup, but an option to reinstall OS X presented themselves, since I already downloaded El Capitan. I tried, but when he asked me to choose the drive it says just that Macintosh HD is locked. I started the recovery disk utility to try to fix it, but he said that he could not, and I should try and save the files that I can and delete it (or replace). At this point I could is no longer connects on OS X, either normally or in safe mode, it would just turn off after about half a minute of the apple logo, and when I tried Windows he just said that there are no operating system. I finally started to recovery and I erased (reluctantly) Macintosh HD, hoping that I could at least save the HARD drive and reinstalling OS X, even if I lost everything. That no longer works and now it won't start in the recovery and said utility disk, the disk has a hardware problem that is not repairable and S.M.A.R.T. status is a failure.

  Now, I'm sure that I won't be able to retrieve my files (but good me if I'm wrong and you know a way) so I need to buy a new HARD drive. Is there a certain type or brand should I buy? I should get the same as (a Samsung 500 GB ST500LM012 I think)? Then I upgraded to an SSD and if so who would work? And also once I change it, how can I reinstall OS X? The Macbook didn't come with a CD and I'm guessing that the new HARD drive will not this recovery partition or an equivalent.

  I'm sorry that I wrote a novel here, I was trying to be thorough. Thanks for any help!

  Any case 2.5 "HDD will work. My personal preferences are HGST and Seagate but there will be a cheerleader for all brands,

  It is the same for one SSD.  The best right now is OWC and Crucial, in my opinion.  This is based on personal experience and the return of the veterans participating ASC comments.

  Search here for possible candidates:

  http://eShop.MacSales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-notebook/

  With respect to data recovery, you can try to search for software on the Internet, generally, there is a free trial version and if it seems to work, you will need to purchase the software.  You can also retain the services of professional data recovery company, but that will be very expensive with no guarantee.

  Ciao.

• A10 HARD drive dead

  Hi, my HARD drive just gave (Fortunately, I managed to recover the data :)) However, glancing at the cradle it is in and the HARD drive itself, it seems the casing on any replacement will have to be shorter than some hard drives (an old IBM sister does not take in the cradle).)

  I was wondering, anyone know of any hard drives that do not fit (not looking for something in the high-end, just something that works and is reliable)?

  Thank you

  What is your problem buddy?

• Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive dead

  Hello

  My HDD network collapsed Iomeag a couple of years of work.

  I looked at the cost of retrivle data and he let one hand, I can't afford it.

  However all my children childhood pictures are here and I really want them.

  Finally, I decided to give him a miself. I looked online and hooked up again, he made a clicking sound at the beginning, but it would not appear on the desktop.

  then the collapsed rattling again! and the white and red light would come to the top.

  I took the hard drive from the Iomega case and attached directly to the computer with a hard drive docking station. Still no sound and I can see the desktop.

  any suggestions?

  Help, please!

  Hello sshans,

  From what you describe, I expect that the car broke down.

  There is nothing I can do to help a hardware failure.

  As mentioned on some other threads, UFS Explorer can sometimes help recover data from our RAIDs, but there is no hotfix for a hardware failure.

• Hard drive dead - reinstall operating system without CD?

  Hello

  I have a HP Pavilion DV6-6024TX, who has recently had the hard disk matrix. The laptop is out of warranty.

  I purhcased a new hard drive and installed shortly, but I have no copy of the sytem (windows 7 32-bit) OS to install on the new drive. As the old drive died and won't start Windows I can't extract it from there.

  Is there a way I can legally download the OS and use it to boot Windows and use my existing key or I have to buy some CD (heard that a few people on this site but can't find the link).

  Would appreciate help.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  Yes, you can use your existing product key to reinstall Windows 7 as described below.

  You can create an installation disk yourself using another PC - just download the good Disk Image ( it must be the same version that originally came with your laptop - IE Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit ) from the link below and use an app like ImgBurn to burn the ISO correctly on a blank DVD - a guide on the use of ImgBurn to write that an ISO on a disc is here.  These Images are clean and a well respected source, however there are only limited versions available.

  Windows 7 sp1-iso-official-32-bit-and-64-bit

  Use the disk to perform the installation, enter the activation key of Windows on the label of the COA at the request and once the installation is complete, use ' 'phone Method' described in detail in the link below to activate the operating system -this made method supported by Microsoft and is popular with people who want to just have a new installation of Windows 7 without additional software load normally comes with OEM installations.

  http://www.kodyaz.com/articles/how-to-activate-Windows-7-by-phone.aspx

  All pilots additional and the software, you may need can be found here.

  Kind regards

  DP - K

• 15 t-n200: replacement hard drive dead: what should I buy HP replacement, or everything will work with recovery media?

  I have a HP Pavilion 15 t-n200 laptop computer running Windows 7, 64-bit.

  The computer got extremely slow and work stoppage. HP diagnostic indicates a failed hard drive, and my warranty has expired. I DO NOT have the recovery media.

  My question is this: if I buy the recovery media for my HP computer, should I also buy HP hard drive for it to install correctly? Or can I just simply buy a HDD from a local retailer and use HP recovery support (and the certificate of Authenticity on the back of Microsoft) to reinstall WIndows 7?

  Some people suggest that it will work very well, while other members of the forum here have talked about issues and something of tattoos on the hard drive or the Council.

  Thanks in advance to anyone who responds!

  Hello

  No, you don't need to buy the HP's HARD drive, you can buy anywhere, but please use the same band (normally from Toshiba, but please check the label) for the compatibility and capacity or more.

  Kind regards.

• Create Image hard drive dead

  Okay, so dying was a bit hyperbolic.  2 problems:

  1. I found some bad sectors on my hard drive that the check disk window does not reach the difficulty (even after the execution of SEVERAL times).  Any ideas on alternatives to the disk of the window check?
  2. My hard drive is under warranty and I want to swap out.  But Windows 7 will not let me create a backup with a defective sector image.  I don't want to reinstall Windows and all my programs again. Ideas on how to create an image that I can use to run windows on a hard disk of expenses without just to save data and starting from scratch?
  Thanks in advance.

  Check out the Web site of the manufacturer of the drive for tools that can repair bad sectors.

  This cloning program claims to be able to manage disks failed http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone.html . A free version is available. If bad sectors contained important data, it is not necessarily a good idea.

• All new Dell XPS - hard drive dead - why? What to do next?

  Hello

  My laptop is only a few months old. Here are the plug and the summary of what past:

  • Windows Vista Home Premium
  • Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT hard, 320 GB capacity, a new computer laptop Dell XPS M1530, Serial ATA Hard Drive, Interface SATA 5400 RPM
  • Black screen saying no bootable devices, the BIOS doesn't detect HD, no rattling or other noise.
  • Need JPEG and PSD files recovered.
  • It took in a few places, they said he had no visible external damage, but the BIOS would not detect HD.

  Hours before the accident/death:
  I went to my husband's office. I was using an ethernet network connection. The computer company made some changes to their network to prevent me from access to the files of the company and only have access to the internet only.

  Who could do something on my computer? I surfed on the internet for a few hours after making these changes to the network. Then I went home, started again and got the black screen with the error message "no bootable device. The BIOS does not detect my HD.

  Any ideas why this happened on a new computer/laptop HD?

  Do you know of any service data recovery 'white room', which have a fixed rate lower than $ 900?

  Thanks in advance.

  
  

• Compaq presario 6010us dead hard drive

  Can I replace the hard drive dead by any new internal hard drive.  I'm still all old disks that came with the computer and I would use this old thing for the internet.  Could someone please.  Thank you.

  Here are the specs of your PC.  You have an eight year old PC, so don't buy a very large hard drive or your computer will probably not recognize.  You may have a repair shop authorized HP tattoo the new HDD as some older PCs used this method for a way to control the software.