Khaymen
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I had a hard drive fail to recognize last week. The computer booted and it spun up, but the computer couldn't read the drive. I went out and bought a new drive and to my horror realized that I had not backed up the old drive since I got married. I lost my wedding photos, personal documents, and financial documents like the taxes I filed in February.
It seemed a fair chance that the board on the hard drive died after three years of use, so I ordered another. Now when both drives are plugged in my computer will not recognize my new drive and keeps trying to boot from the old one. I then tried to boot with the new drive and hot install the old one, but it still won't pull info off of the old drive. It is like it will read one drive or the other, but not both.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
It seemed a fair chance that the board on the hard drive died after three years of use, so I ordered another. Now when both drives are plugged in my computer will not recognize my new drive and keeps trying to boot from the old one. I then tried to boot with the new drive and hot install the old one, but it still won't pull info off of the old drive. It is like it will read one drive or the other, but not both.
Does anyone have any suggestions?