Computer won't start, please help.

[Ocelotus]

get linux

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[Col. Derontchi]

a lot

Can you specify?

Also, are you talking about the files or the drive itself?

[Ocelotus]

Can you specify?

a lot

[ZombiLoin]

Can you specify?

Also, are you talking about the files or the drive itself?

If the drive is dead then (theoretically) the disks inside the drive itself should be intact, meaning that the data should still be alright. Google the price range for a hard drive restoration.

Also, this is why you back up your stuff regularly.

[Col. Derontchi]

If the drive is dead then (theoretically) the disks inside the drive itself should be intact, meaning that the data should still be alright. Google the price range for a hard drive restoration.

Also, this is why you back up your stuff regularly.

Didn't know hard drives got old and died tbh

This is why I do console gaming

[ZombiLoin]

Didn't know hard drives got old and died tbh

This is why I do console gaming

... Consoles use hard drives too.

[Lego lad]

Didn't know hard drives got old and died tbh

ur sille

[carolcat]

This is why I do console gaming

lol.

[blueblur121]

Either you HDD has no bootable OS or it's broken.
If it's broken, you have three choices.
1. Go buy a new one and a copy of Windows.
2. Go buy a new one and install a free OS.
3. Go buy a new computer because if it's so old that the hard drive failed, it has probably payed for itself by now.

This is why I do console gaming

Let's all stop to laugh at this person for not knowing stuff about what he's talking about.

[TheArmyGuy]

If it's 5 years old it's probably not even possible to install windows 8 on it if you don't prepare it first because of old file format. Consider the drive itself lost, I don't know if recovering the files on it is worth it.

[Alyx Vance]

You could reinstall windows. It'll all be in windows.old.

[carolcat]

3. Go buy a new computer because if it's so old that the hard drive failed, it has probably payed for itself by now.

sometimes hard drives die when they're new. it's entirely possible to get a bad unit that dies after a few months or under 2 years.

[Col. Derontchi]

Either you HDD has no bootable OS or it's broken.
If it's broken, you have three choices.
1. Go buy a new one and a copy of Windows.
2. Go buy a new one and install a free OS.
3. Go buy a new computer because if it's so old that the hard drive failed, it has probably payed for itself by now.

What do you think would be the best option?

Let's all stop to laugh at this person for not knowing stuff about what he's talking about.

Consoles have hard drives, yes, but they are not put up to nearly the amount of stuff as they are on PC. Plus, a few years is usually how long you use a console anyway. I have an Xbox 360 from nearly 10 years ago that works perfectly fine.

[Ducky duck]

Your HDD  is NOT dead.

Take it out, have it converted into an external HDD, then view the files/edit from the same PC with a new HDD.

[Ducky duck]

What do you think would be the best option?Consoles have hard drives, yes, but they are not put up to nearly the amount of stuff as they are on PC. Plus, a few years is usually how long you use a console anyway. I have an Xbox 360 from nearly 10 years ago that works perfectly fine.

I'm pretty sure the PS4 and Xbox 1 use SSDs. But forget me for not knowing.

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double post wow