missing HAL.DLL - but that's not it - more issues pls help!

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"daviddschool" <daviddschool@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> When I plug it in, it tries the AUTOPLAY, so it is recognizing it, and
> it even lists it in the windows explorer (F drive), but when I try to
> access it, it says, no dice, and gives the error.
> You are probably right that it is gone, but I have to think there is a
> way of recovering some of the info on it before I go and reformat...

If the drive is failing, reformatting won't help. It's like putting new
carpet on a rotten floor.

The structure is compromised and needs to be replaced, refinishing it won't
help you it will fail again, and soon.

Replace the drive, new drives are cheap where I am, 500 gig drives are
around CDN$70.

Once the new drive is properly installed with the OS and drives, simply
attach the old drive and copy your data over.

HTH
-pk

>
>> > Since the directory info is hosed on the HD, it's not an issue with a
>> > missing
>> > HAL, it's only telling you that as the HD its self is hosed, ie
>> > partition
>> > info is missing on the HD, it's dead, I'm afraid you will have to get a
>> > new
>> > hd, sorry to say, but a good backup program, including cloning your HD
>> > would
>> > have helped greatly.
>>
>> > I not only do backups of data, but also external disk cloning of my
>> > primary
>> > OS HD.
>> > I tell ya, external drives are very affordable these days.
>>
>> > "daviddschool" wrote:
>> > > Lastly before I wait for a response :
>>
>> > > chkdsk does not work. It tells me : use Scandisk instead. I don't
>> > > know what it does this and doesn't even attempt to use the chkdsk on
>> > > the drive.
>
 
Go to the Hard Drive Manufacturer's site, and download their diagnostic
software to check the state of your HD, and see if it is shafted or not.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld (Sunshine State) - Australia


"daviddschool" wrote:

> I have a feeling it is the partition that is acting up because when I
> ran a diagnostic program, it said there is a partition error. Now, I
> guess I need to find a partition program to fix it and hopefully
> something that won't make me lose all the data...
>
>
 
Ok, I have gone and got the diagnostic tool and it says that is cannot
read the drive. I was going to trash it but instead tried some
recovery software and engineer friend of mine had and it works. I
managed to see the entire drive, although taking all of the info from
it will take weeks, I am instead going to just pick the most recent
files and important ones and forgo the rest.
I think the drive is still good and I might use it for a secondary
backup storage, but not as my main drive. I will have to repartition
and reformat this thing though. Interestingly, I am getting the 'tick
tick' directional signal noise as the recovery software works and it
did take a long time (3 hours), but it did find the entire drive. I
am only hoping my backup software works (because I haven't tried to
recover since I have been backing up my machine). Thanks for all the
help.
I am still going to try the SCANDISK /f , which I haven't tried
because CHKDSK did not seem to work (and that was really throwing me
off).

On Sep 15, 2:28 am, Mick Murphy <MickMur...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Go to the Hard Drive Manufacturer's site, and download their diagnostic
> software to check the state of your HD, and see if it is shafted or not.
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld (Sunshine State) - Australia
 
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