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Answer» Greetings all, if it died from a virus fine. Hard drives don't "die from viruses". They aren't alive. A computer virus is a piece of malicious code (software) that disrupts or alters other software (operating system, settings, programs). Quote If it was due to internal mechanical failure it really irks me to think that as long as WD has been making hard drives, a 2yr life expectancy for a modern 1TB Hard Drive is just considered acceptable ? It happens. It is not considered acceptable. You were unlucky. By "died" I meant failed due to corrupted files, but thanks ! - I was going to give the new hard drive vitamins so that it wouldn't get sick, now I can save that money. Quote from: glathem40 on March 06, 2012, 07:06:02 PM By "died" I meant failed due to corrupted files, but thanks ! - I was going to give the new hard drive vitamins so that it wouldn't get sick, now I can save that money. I know you meant that, and that's why I wrote what I did, but it seems I made it too jokey and you failed to understand. You don't seem to understand that hard drives cannot, and do not, "fail" permanently because of a virus or "corrupted files". An installation of Windows or one or more software applications or data files might become unusable because of a virus, or user error, or file system damage, but unless the hard drive is actually failing (or has failed) mechanically you can just format it and use it again. I posted in this thread again for 2 reasons. The first - I want to thank you Salmon Trout in your persistence in making your point. I had a hard drive failure on another computer yrs ago and received S.M.A.R.T. warnings that the drive was failing before any operational problems appeared. Though I had read that, if your drive became so unrecoverably infected one could reformat and install an os, I have never been through the process myself (There is a difference between reading about wrestling a bear and wrestling a bear). I went back and read Transfusions first link and where it stated [Bad sectors are areas of the hard drive that do not maintain data integrity. They are automatically masked by the operating system and thus hard to identify]. ALSO where he stated [Looking at your first post... a "major crash" followed by data corruption to the point where you can't load your Windows account signaled the threat of a Hard Drive failure.] I now have a better understanding of what a hard drive failure may look like. 2nd reason - I have most of my critical data (pictures, documents) backed up on an external drive. I have ordered a Win 7 recovery disc set from HP and a new HD on the way. The main bit of data on the old drive that I am concerned about is a program (Sony Vegas Pro video editing) that I had purchased and downloaded on that drive. (my daughter lives for creating, editing videos). If I were able to access the old drive. is it possible to retrieve and install a program such as that. or should I wait until I have the computer up and running again and contact the company for help ? Thx to all at CH. Quote from: glathem40 on March 11, 2012, 12:58:12 AM The main bit of data on the old drive that I am concerned about is a program (Sony Vegas Pro video editing) that I had purchased and downloaded on that drive. (my daughter lives for creating, editing videos). If I were able to access the old drive. is it possible to retrieve and install a program such as that. or should I wait until I have the computer up and running again and contact the company for help ? If you replace the hard drive with a new one, and use an HP recovery disk or a Microsoft Windows install disk to get an operating system on it, you would have to re-install Vegas Pro from scratch. This applies to most if not all software packages. You cannot just transfer the files from an existing installation. If you obtained Vegas Pro by downloading a 30 day trial version and paying to unlock it, then download it again, and refer to the email you got from Sony for the unlocking code. So I finally got a new HD (seagate 1Tb). BIOS recognizes it. Installed revovery disc 1. "loading widows" with the bar along the bottom ran for about 10 min then windows boot manager error 0xc00000e9 - "This error can be caused by unplugging removable storage or by faulty hardware such as HD or CD ROM. I ran a SMART status check from BIOS and got "HD failure imminent" (is this a valid test on an unformatted drive ?). This same result is what ultimately lead me to believe the original hard drive failed. |
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