A few weeks ago my windows 10 computer got stuck in a boot repair loop. After some investigation I found bad sectors, especially issues with system32 to be the problem. I've worked IT before, years ago for my university so I'm tech literate but I was on the software support side exclusively so I'm a bit out of my depth. Even after running chkdsk with repairs my computer couldn't load so I took out the hard drive and put in a new SSD. However I'd love to get the data of my old drive if possible, there are a few confidential encrypted files that I didn't store elsewhere for security reasons for my clients and those notes would be great to get. I've got a new enclosure and I'm waiting on a new external SSD for the clone process. Also I know that sending my drive to a professional would be the best but I absolutely don't have the money for that.
But I've got some basic questions:
1. I've read time is of the essence. What does that mean? I discovered the problem on June 6th, stopped using the drive right away. There were only a handful of bad sectors but lots of system32 issues so the drive was useless for running windows. Is there a problem with waiting a few weeks to clone the drive? I'm trying to study up on how to do it really properly.
Here's a picture of the chkdsk results https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZ2u8dgUwAAOVsn?format=jpg&name=900x900)
2. Is it okay if the original drive is a traditional one and the new drive is solid state? I've read the sector sizes are different but I really don't know much about hardware. Would it matter?
3. Is there a good, easy to use, free cloning software? I've looked at ddrescue and HDDsuperclone but I have no idea if any of them are actually good. Also my OS is windows and I haven't used Linux since I was a teen.
4. My back up drive is a Hitachi SimpleDrive 1tb and the power supply just died about 2 months ago at least I think that is what happened (hence why some of my stuff wasn't backed up). I was hoping to save up the money to get this drive recovered, but it's not happening. Any advice about how to get data off of that monster drive? Just clone it too?
5. I've had terrible luck with electronics hardware recently (obviously). Any general advice or things I should know through this process?
This is my first post on this website and I hope I followed the rules and norms okay!
Also just in case it's relevant my laptop is an Acer Aspire V
But I've got some basic questions:
1. I've read time is of the essence. What does that mean? I discovered the problem on June 6th, stopped using the drive right away. There were only a handful of bad sectors but lots of system32 issues so the drive was useless for running windows. Is there a problem with waiting a few weeks to clone the drive? I'm trying to study up on how to do it really properly.
Here's a picture of the chkdsk results https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZ2u8dgUwAAOVsn?format=jpg&name=900x900)
2. Is it okay if the original drive is a traditional one and the new drive is solid state? I've read the sector sizes are different but I really don't know much about hardware. Would it matter?
3. Is there a good, easy to use, free cloning software? I've looked at ddrescue and HDDsuperclone but I have no idea if any of them are actually good. Also my OS is windows and I haven't used Linux since I was a teen.
4. My back up drive is a Hitachi SimpleDrive 1tb and the power supply just died about 2 months ago at least I think that is what happened (hence why some of my stuff wasn't backed up). I was hoping to save up the money to get this drive recovered, but it's not happening. Any advice about how to get data off of that monster drive? Just clone it too?
5. I've had terrible luck with electronics hardware recently (obviously). Any general advice or things I should know through this process?
This is my first post on this website and I hope I followed the rules and norms okay!
Also just in case it's relevant my laptop is an Acer Aspire V
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