Recent content by TarmacMeat

I hadn't done a backup since March :( I have put in the new hard drive, reloaded windows and am currently waiting for the backup to load on the the laptop from the external drive. I did get an enclosure for the old drive, but you're right, it doesn't work. I guess all I can do now is send it to...

Thank you for your advice. With the help of the recovery disk I was able to run a diagnostic tool and it tells me the hard drive is not communicating. I am going today to pick up a new one and a SATA enclosure to connect the old drive via USB and try and recover the files. If I can't, then I...

I'm trying to avoid that if I can, they want to charge $50 for diagnostics, $65/hour for labour + parts (if they need to replace the hard drive it'll be roughly $100 for a new one + the rest of the fees). I was just hoping I was missing something that could help me get in to the hard drive and...

Ok, I guess my original post didn't publish so here goes nothing! I have an Acer Aspire 5250-0691 and am receiving an error (0xc00000e9), my laptop won't boot far enough to get to the BIOS and it won't boot from am external hard drive. Is there any way I can tell if its the hard drive or...

Looking for help with my laptop, hoping the hard drive isn't fried and I can at the very least recover the photos of my baby :(