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Further computer woes. 8S
13 years ago
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! So, I ended up having to buy a new boot drive for my computer. That was all well and good.
HOWEVER, now my storage drive(s) won't initialize properly. The situation is as such:
In Windows 7, with storage partitions, you can turn them into Dynamic Disks, which allow you to span a partition over multiple hard drives as one seamless partition; this is what I had done with a 500GB drive and two 1TB drives. The 1TB drives work just fine, however since the 500GB is basically the partition's header drive (the beginning), I can't access ANYTHING that's store on the 1TB drive that WAS in use, as well as the 500GB drive.
So, basically, what it's come down to is, I have to send off my drives to a data recovery center in order to get it all back, otherwise I'll lose EVERYTHING from the last 10+ years, all because I didn't do the smart thing of having a backup system in place, which is really just... Absurb in this day and age where you can pick up a WD Passport drive with 3TB of space for $130. So, once I get this crap dealt with, that will be my plan from there on out. 8S
The boot drive fiasco also accounts for why I'm never on anymore, as well as my work schedule basically leaving me with no real time to be online, aside from Twitter, as it is the only social media I can access at work.
HOWEVER, now my storage drive(s) won't initialize properly. The situation is as such:
In Windows 7, with storage partitions, you can turn them into Dynamic Disks, which allow you to span a partition over multiple hard drives as one seamless partition; this is what I had done with a 500GB drive and two 1TB drives. The 1TB drives work just fine, however since the 500GB is basically the partition's header drive (the beginning), I can't access ANYTHING that's store on the 1TB drive that WAS in use, as well as the 500GB drive.
So, basically, what it's come down to is, I have to send off my drives to a data recovery center in order to get it all back, otherwise I'll lose EVERYTHING from the last 10+ years, all because I didn't do the smart thing of having a backup system in place, which is really just... Absurb in this day and age where you can pick up a WD Passport drive with 3TB of space for $130. So, once I get this crap dealt with, that will be my plan from there on out. 8S
The boot drive fiasco also accounts for why I'm never on anymore, as well as my work schedule basically leaving me with no real time to be online, aside from Twitter, as it is the only social media I can access at work.
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Or you could start to boot the computer with both drives put the badone as slave and the good as master. When it starts to boot stop it and switch drives (forget wha is the command its one of the F#)
That, and with the advent of SATA, the whole master/slave system is obsolete at this point, but F12 is the boot device selector on my motherboard. Tried that as well, to no avail; simply pulls up a disk boot error on the old drive. I'm pretty sure that one's just toast, and quite frankly, I'm not too worried about.
My storage drives, though... I'd be crestfallen if I can't get that data back. It's literally over 10 years worth of data, plus ALL the music I've EVER made.
i'll try and see if there is another way to by pass it.
have you ever tryed to copy it on to a physical disc?