When I turned on my computer today all i heard was a loud scratching noise, so I shut the computer down immediately, because I think the HDD is going to destroy itself. When I turned it on later it says "Missing Operating System", should or I get a new HDD, or try to restore it?
P.S.: The computer is a pre-built from Acer, with a Seagate HDD with 1TB
Last edited by Razor505; 21 May 2013 at 14:33.
If your hard drive is making any mechanical noises its gone. Try to get off the data you want to save and get a new hard drive. Trying to repair the hard drive may do more damage and you will not be able to retrieve your data.
Yep...sounds like a major HDD failure. When you turned it back on was the noise still present when you received that error message?
It looks like it's a faulty disk. Many important stuff on disk? Do you already have backups?
First step to do is download partition wizard bootable CD. Free download Magic Partition Manager Software, partition magic alternative, free partition magic, partition magic Windows 7 and server partition software - Partition Wizard Online (the download on bottom). burn it, then boot from it. Is your system partition lost? Is your computer unable to start? Choose Bootable CD to help you.
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Try this How to perform disk surface test with partition manager software - Partition Wizard?
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