Hard drive help..please!

hstarling · #1 (**permalink**) 02-07-2009, 12:22 PM

ok so I am not very computer savy so this might be a dumb question but here it goes anyway. I have a dell XPS M1330 laptop and about a week ago my computer stopped coming on..the system said "No rebootable devices" well I called the dell people and they said I needed a new hard drive which they sent me..and I was wondering if there is anyway I can transfer the memory for the old hard drive to the new one I just received?thanx in advance!

status1 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-07-2009, 08:27 PM

" was wondering if there is anyway I can transfer the memory for the old hard drive to the new one "
I am assuming you are refering to your data or applications and not the memory

I would first check if your hard drive is still working maybe it's just a bad connection or your bios has changed
If your hard drive still works but you just can't access it then you may have a chance to recover your files

If it's not working at all there is not much you can do to recover the files

vick · #3 (**permalink**) 05-13-2009, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by hstarling

ok so I am not very computer savy so this might be a dumb question but here it goes anyway. I have a dell XPS M1330 laptop and about a week ago my computer stopped coming on..the system said "No rebootable devices" well I called the dell people and they said I needed a new hard drive which they sent me..and I was wondering if there is anyway I can transfer the memory for the old hard drive to the new one I just received?thanx in advance!

If the hard drive is dead not functioning you will need to send it off to a specialist who can read the data from the platters. This is big dollars. If the hd is working but lost the boot sector you can perform a number of things to recover the data via software and even maybe repair the drive.

lurkswithin · #4 (**permalink**) 05-13-2009, 11:21 AM

Let old threads die! Do not bring up old threads

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Hard drive help..please!