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My laptop was broken [BIOS issue] and I had its hardisk enclosed so that I Can use it as an external drive. The disk is SATA and was partitioned into 2 using Windows Vista [the broken laptop's OS]. I plugged the disk [through a USB] to a PC but the PC cannot display the disk in it's Explorer. This happened in both Ubuntu OS and a Windows XP SP3 OS. The disk is listed though in Windows XP's Device Manager Disk Drives but not in Disk Management. Please help me recover my disk...

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  • Anonymous Feb 02, 2011

    Did not work. I get an NT_read error.
    I also tried some things like removing the upperfilters and lowerfilters in registry and they all failed.
    I am thinking if the disk needs to be set to slave for it to work.
    I hope it does.

  • Anonymous Feb 02, 2011

    May I also add that the disk has 2 OS' when it was in the laptop. Ubuntu and Windows. I don't know if these messed up the sectors of the disk.

  • Anonymous Feb 03, 2011

    Thanks a lot for the recommendations fanaudi.

    Yesterday, I found out that no jumper settings are necessary for SATA 2.5" disks. So my plan failed.

    I retried using Linux/Ubuntu's Disk Utility to read my disk but there's a READ ERROR encountered. So I guess I have to give up at this point.

    Also, I would just like to document, in case someone encounters the same problem, that when the HD was in the laptop I set a password for it. So everytime I boot I have to enter the HD password before going to either Ubuntu or Windows log-in.

    When my BIOS failed the BIOS password together with the HD password was changed (or reset) to an unknown value. I tried resetting the BIOS by shorting terminals (as discussed in a forum) but it did not work. That is when I decided that the laptop is severely broken and I decided to take my HD off.

    Hope someone finds a solution to this problem or someone can conclude that the disk is irreparable. Until, then I will just keep my HD and hope that I can save enough money to have the HD checked in a specialized office.

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    fanaudi Feb 02, 2011

    What once succeeded with me was to connect a disc right inside a desktop ( IDE 3,5" ) but I don't know for sure if you can with a laptop's one .
    Otherwise , i' m afraid you will need to ask a specialized office to do the job for you and it will cost you a lot of monney .

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    fanaudi Feb 02, 2011

    Once the hd placed Inside the desktop as secundary , each OS should recognize it's own data .
    Maybe you will need to try on two different desktops : Windows and Mac .

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    fanaudi Feb 03, 2011

    Many thanks for the feedback sjhs97 . A disc read error is not only an error but also a horror !
    The best solution is indeed often to bring your unit to a professional recovery center , otherwise the risk is big you will lose all of part of your data .
    Best regards ,
    fanaudi .

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