Re: Hard drive crashed!

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Last week, the computer kept rebooting over and over, so I brought it
in, and they said the hard drive crashed. They thought that possibly
it could be clone/copied/ghost, but no.

Ask them why not? And post their response here. Something just doesn't
sound quite right.


Everything is on it, and I can't unlock it.

Unlock? What do you mean by that?

Post back with the exact error messages your'e getting and exactly what
you did, step by step, up until the machine stops working or you decide
you can't go any further.

Except for the post on taking ownership seeming like a good guess,
that's all folks can do is guess with the tiny bit of info you have
provided.


Is there a Windows program that I could afford to try to retrieve my
lost memories, or is it to be sent out somewhere and spend boo-coo
bucks!?

Maybe. But don't spend that money unless/until you know it's necessary.
Chances are, it's not necessary to spend any money on this.

And for your future considerations and peace of mind, surf on over the
wikipedia.com and look up "backup", and read about it. Then implement a
backup strategy for your computer. Usually it consists of two things:
One backup just for the system areas, and another for your important
data.
Once you implement that, you'll never have a worry like this again.
If you're willing to spend a couple bucks, check out drive imaging
software like NOrton's Ghost or Acronis' True Image; they're both good.
Pick the one that seems to make the most sense to you from a user view.
If you can't spend any money, then XP's ntbackup.exe is still an
excellent app that will create the backups you need.

HTH


Thanks.




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