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SATA SSD not detect in BIOS, stuck on loading in computer management, but shows up in Acronis

Brand 1TB: FIKWOT Solid State Drive - This one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4J9HHW6 I have this SSD SATA drive below. I plugged it into my computer and the bios doesn't detect it. But when I ...
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Can't access my data on old HDD, the USB adapter shows only Windows and program files [closed]

I have an old 2.5 ATA/IDE HDD, since my PC had problems with the motherboard I bought a ATA/IDE USB adapter. It does connect to the PC from the adapter, but I can only access the Windows installation ...
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3.5 inch HDD making clicking noise (video included) [closed]

Seeking Advice: Recovering Data from Clicking 3.5" HDD I have an approximately 10-year-old 3.5-inch SATA hard drive that I'm trying to get old personal files off of. When connected via a SATA-to-...
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How to recover Mac OS 9 data off of a failed hard drive

A while ago I used Mac OS 9 and had an external hard drive which failed. I want to recover my data, but am unsure of the best way to do that. I got this cable: “SATA/IDE to USB 3.0 Adapter, FIDECO USB ...
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Unlocking Seagate Drive with forgotten ATA user password, "bad sense data" error?

I'm trying to unlock a hard drive that was given to me with an unknown user password. My research seems to suggest that this is possible with hdparm if one knows the master password. Resources online ...
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M.2 SATA SSD not recognized by anything - any chance of data recovery?

A couple days ago my mom's laptop's SSD became unbootable. I thought maybe this was just a corruption of the boot partition, but when I checked the BIOS the disk wasn't listed anywhere. I tried ...
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How to recover an ext4 partition with a bad superblock on a dubious 500GB internal hard drive?

I bought this hard drive 6 months ago and it shouldn't be failing like this. It's a 500 GB sata III internal seagate that I have being using on an old ECS G31T-M9 computer with archlinux installed. I ...
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Seagate serial ata disc drive - Data recovery

I have a Seagate Serial ATA Disc Drive (SATA) from my old Samsung laptop running Windows 7(internal drive). The computer had a faulty power Supply and would shut down randomly. I would like to recover ...
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SATA to USB Hard Drive Not Being Detected

So my old desktop computer crashed and I removed the hard drive and bought a SATA to USB adapter cable to plug into my MacBook to get the data off of my hard drive. But I am on my second cable and it ...
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Accessing files on a hard drive without booting

I have a Windows 10 HP laptop. I want to access the files on the hard drive without actually booting the OS. Now the most common answer to this I have seen is booting from a Live CD or USB. However, ...
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Data Recovery from a Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 Hard Drive

My desktop computer died today. I have important work saved on my desktop. I got the hard drive which I believe is in working condition. My hard drive specification is as follows: Seagate Barracuda ...
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Access old laptop HDD from PC

Background; Laptop HDD was designated C, is at least 10 years old and runs XP (I believe), password protected at login (not boot) My computer is very new, runs windows 10 I am attempting to recover ...
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Data Recovery Via SATA to USB Cable

I am trying to recover the data off a hardrive from a computer that the graphics card broke on. Its an HP Pavilion Slimline. I don't remember the exact model number but the connectors for the ...
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Mechanical harddisk defect causing system troubles - SATA

So I hope this question won't get mark as too broad, as I really want to get familiar with the deeper related issues. Background: A friend of mine has troubles with a broken system harddisk, after ...
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SSD died after BSOD

I was playing a game on Windows 10 when I got a BSoD telling me "Critical process has died", collecting the info took incredible long so I shut the laptop down via ACPI (waited for nearly 20 minutes ...
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