Recent content by wernsing

My current hard drive got messed up, and currently boots to black screen with cursor. I'm getting a new hard drive, and am gonna install windows fresh on that one. My question is, should I plug the old one in, and just drag the files over to copy what I can, or should I use a cloning...

(I can't seem to figure out how to quote the replies since I'm on my phone, but oh well.) Since I have to get a new HDD anyway, do you guys think I could just put that in my computer, install windows 7 on it, then use that to try and recover the old one? My mom's laptop is pretty bad, and I...

Damn, you guys really think so? The magnet was only on for a few seconds. Also, the bios can still recognize it, and the computer launches, but just goes to black screen with mouse.

My HDD recently went bad from a stupid mistake of mine involving a magnet. I'm wondering if there's a way that I can buy a new HDD and transfer all the data I can onto the new one. I currently can't get onto windows with my bad one, so I don't know how I'll be able to run any kind of programs to...

Are you sure that's my only option? I really don't want to lose everything on it. Is there a way to copy everything to a new hard drive?

Okay, so I've gone through many different problems so far. I got a new pair of studio monitors, which came with magnetic guards to put on the front of them. While I was setting them up, I stuck one of the magnetic guards to my computer case for like 2 seconds, while the computer was off. After...