Help please, Toshiba laptop won't boot up

[Dink]

yep take that hard drive out of the carrier (4 screws on the side) and replace with new drive then

slot it all back together re-install windows and away you go

 

[Gouldy]

Carrier?

From what you just said I'm guessing that the HDD is inside the metal case I've posted images of and they need swapping?

I wasn't aware of this. Will the SSD fit inside the carrier the same? ie; are the drive physically the same size?

 

[Gouldy]

I have another question;

Does anyone know where I can get windows Vista or 7 from that doesn't cost ££££'s

 

[Jay_G]

You can always get it for free...

 

[Gouldy]

My mate said that, then he wouldn't tell me where I could get it from.

 

[Jay_G]

Ill PM you

 

[Gouldy]

Good news; the hard drive is showing up on another laptop.

Bad news; I can't get into it.

Any ideas?

 

[Gouldy]

Bump.

I'm struggling to figure this one out. I can't take ownership of the drive so I can get into it to view the file on it.

 

[Gouldy]

I'm banging my head off the wall. Someone must know how to sort this Shirley?

 

[sbridgey]

Are you booting in windows?

if so you will need to boot into safe mode and then click through properties to change yourself to the owner.

 

[Gouldy]

I'm using a second laptop and a SATA to USB 2.0 adaptor to try and gain access to the drive.

 

[sbridgey]

ok, so boot that computer into safe mode and take ownership of the drive.

 

[Gouldy]

That could be where I've gone wrong. I've been trying to do it through windows.

 

[sbridgey]

Safe mode is a startup option for windows, hit f10 on boot.

 

[Gouldy]

I tried using this guide;

http://www.preyerplanning.com/take-ownership-of-entire-hard-drive-in-windows-7.pdf

No matter what I tried, I couldn't get into the drive. I'll try the safe mode idea.

 

[sbridgey]

I did one recently in safe mode so it should work.

 

[Gouldy]

Tried using F10. It did nothing.

 

[sbridgey]

try f11.

Well maybe just try all the f keys in turn.

 

[Ronnie R]

F5 or F6? It will be one of them, I think it varies.

 

[Gouldy]

This is giving me a headache, stupid shifty hitachi HDD's!

 

[Gouldy]

Last attempt with it this evening. I've got some hard drive recovery software called Recuva. It's trying to scan the drive for any files that it can. If this doesn't work then I'm out of ideas.

 

[Gouldy]

RIP Hitachi HDD