A few days ago, I was given a laptop that "didn't work". Upon starting the laptop, indications are that it cannot find a bootable drive. I've pulled the hard drive and plugged it into another computer via a USB connection. And when I examine it, it shows that the drive is a RAW file system.
To expand, the drive in question is a WD 1TB drive with a Windows 10 OS. I am unsure why this has happened to the drive, but, I would speculate that "low battery" warnings were ignored and a complete power failure caused the problem (I've read that this can happen). If true, is it possible to convert the drive back to NTFS?
While a simple format of the drive and installation of the OS will get the laptop running again, the documents will be lost. I'd like to avoid that if possible.
Suggestions?
Thank you in advance.
Dom
To expand, the drive in question is a WD 1TB drive with a Windows 10 OS. I am unsure why this has happened to the drive, but, I would speculate that "low battery" warnings were ignored and a complete power failure caused the problem (I've read that this can happen). If true, is it possible to convert the drive back to NTFS?
While a simple format of the drive and installation of the OS will get the laptop running again, the documents will be lost. I'd like to avoid that if possible.
Suggestions?
Thank you in advance.
Dom