How to read data from a faulty HDD

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  1. Kaktussoft
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    pscowboy said:
    I'm late to this party, but I'd like to ask a stupid question.

    Why can't you put the suspect hd into an external enclosure - then plug it in after you reach the desktop? Don't try to boot with both connected.
    I don't think he has an external enclosure or a "sata to usb adapter"
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  3. mmkarimi
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    it happens because the new HDD needs to be checked for bad sectors. try to plug in the data cable when you are in the windows environment. then go to the manage section and update the field.
    when it recognized the new HDD, try to check it for bad sectors.
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  4. petko131
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    Kaktussoft said:
    pscowboy said:
    I'm late to this party, but I'd like to ask a stupid question.

    Why can't you put the suspect hd into an external enclosure - then plug it in after you reach the desktop? Don't try to boot with both connected.
    I don't think he has an external enclosure or a "sata to usb adapter"
    unfortunately I don't have a external HDD rack nor a usb-sata cable...
    Will connecting the bad drive to the system, while working, be a stupid idea? will windows recognize the bad drive as a new connected one, ore will i get a BSOD??
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  6. petko131
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    mmkarimi said:
    it happens because the new HDD needs to be checked for bad sectors. try to plug in the data cable when you are in the windows environment. then go to the manage section and update the field.
    when it recognized the new HDD, try to check it for bad sectors.
    ok i will, check for bad sectors, I currently have HD sentinel pro installed, so i can do that as soon as i get windows running with the bad drive
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  7. Kaktussoft
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    mmkarimi said:
    it happens because the new HDD needs to be checked for bad sectors. try to plug in the data cable when you are in the windows environment. then go to the manage section and update the field.
    when it recognized the new HDD, try to check it for bad sectors.
    That's very dangerous!! It can fry your mainboard... all components have power
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  8. petko131
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    Kaktussoft said:
    mmkarimi said:
    it happens because the new HDD needs to be checked for bad sectors. try to plug in the data cable when you are in the windows environment. then go to the manage section and update the field.
    when it recognized the new HDD, try to check it for bad sectors.
    That's very dangerous!! It can fry your mainboard... all components have power
    That's what i though, but i just asked before doing anything...
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  10. Kaktussoft
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    May you can boot from ubuntu linux live CD and see the disk.
    Or boot from http://www.partitionwizard.com/parti...otable-cd.html
    It can be found on http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
    (last download in list)
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  11. mmkarimi
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    i tried ones. you should first plug its electrical cable while your pc is off, and the data cable dis attached.
    then in the win environment attach the data cable and do what i said before
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  12. guall
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    it happens to me sometime too, i thought it was the problem with psu or miss-configuration of master and slave
    the problem was when i attached 2 HDD and 2 optical drive. then it couldn't boot to the os.
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  13. petko131
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    Kaktussoft said:
    May you can boot from ubuntu linux live CD and see the disk.
    Or boot from Partition Wizard Bootable CD allows user to manage partition directly with partition manager bootable CD.
    It can be found on Free download Magic Partition Manager Software, partition magic alternative, free partition magic, partition magic Windows 7 and server partition software - Partition Wizard Online
    (last download in list)
    After i download the 46 mb file, what do i do with it? burn to CD, run as administrator??? Help, i don't know how ?
    What mmkarimi is suggesting might work, but with the power connector in the HDD and after booting i add the data cable- as he said... What do YOU think?
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