-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help with dying a slow death hard drive

  • From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:22:02 -0400

Tricia,
    What makes you think that the drive is dying rather than just severely 
fragmented &/or full of corrupt files?

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tricia" <lafalot7@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:01 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Help with dying a slow death hard drive


>I have a hard drive that isn't dead, yet, but it's dying a slow
> death. The pc will take forever to open the partitioned drives, but
> they WILL eventually open. I put the drive in a removable case and
> tried to have my laptop access it, but it's taking so long, that I am
> losing my mind. Is there a way to recover the drive (it is 3
> partitions, NOT a boot drive)? thanks a lot
>
> Tricia 

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