So my HP Pavilion 760n ( I know it is old but it is all I got until I
can find an a suitable laptop alternative) running windows xp sp3 with a
Seagate 7200.10 320 gb hard drive that suddenly won't boot up...and I
have been researching why online the last few days and am bending
towards the problem being the Seagate hard drive failing, although I am
not expert so correct me if you think I am wrong in my thinking.
And so, since I always exhaust all "do it yourself" options before
moving to the "pay someone else to do it for you" options, I want to ask
if using a program such as a data recovery tool, like Pandora Recovery
or Data Recovery would be a next step for me?
My system will not boot up, I get a black screen with a blinking dash at
the bottom of the screen and that is all. I have already tried,
uninstalling and re-installing the hard drive and memory, I do not have
a copy of my windows os cd's because I bought it as a floor model and
the guy at Best Buy said there were none.
If there is another, better, easier, safer (so I won't lose all my data)
means by which to get my system to boot into the operating system so I
can access the data on my hard drive, please feel free to share this
information with me...I am desperate to get back onto my system and
access my data!
Thanks so much,
Dar
P.S. as a gesture of grateful appreciation, I will gladly offer my
pesonal consulting/advising/mentoring/coaching services freely to
whomever can assist me with successfully getting back into my system.
:~Dar
