It is new build pc, clean install, bios raid setup, but i overlooked the system restore function, just went back a few days and everythings back as it should be. Feel a bit stupid should have tried that first.
But a big thankyou Squonk for your time and expertise its much appreciated
Hi Pauly,
I'm glad you have it working again.
There's nothing worse in computing than losing data.
This was a reminder for you to make those backups in the future.
A disk can die on you any day.
Buy a dedicated disk for your backups and make sure you have everything at least doubled on different physical media.
You can backup your system drive with W7's own backup or 3rd party.
That will create a single file.
You can use incremental or differential backups.
That will only backup the files that have been changed,
and not the whole system disk every time.
I recommend not to backup user files into a single backup file,
because when that file is corrupted you lose everything.
Just copy the user files to the backup disk.
Good luck,
Greetings,
Michel
i also have the same issue
i tried the command promt but its not working
this is what i got (see pic)
so i got a virus
i removed the hdd and installed it as an external hhd on another computer and was able to read it no problem
i reinstalled windows on a new hdd on the computer that got the virus
i connected the hdd that got the virus on the computer that originally got the virus
but now it says the hdd is offline
i need files off the drive
hope that make sense
just found this video, fixed my issue
https://youtu.be/-1mQIJJp-bE
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