Corrupt C: drive on laptop

kylel

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Jun 25, 2013
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Hi, I've had a problem with my laptop and it turns out that the C: HDD is corrupt. I have tried plugging it into my PC and it won't acknowledge its existance, tried restarting it and various combinations to get it to work. All I want to do is reformat this and so I can put windows back on it to get my laptop up and running again. Can someone please give me a solution to this.
Thanks!
 
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Are you sure that it is just corrupted data, or is the drive dead? What model laptop/brand drive? Download the drive test software for that drive and see if it actually works.

If it is a 3+ year old laptop consider that you may need a new HDD (occasionally even happens to newer laptops).

RealBeast

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Are you sure that it is just corrupted data, or is the drive dead? What model laptop/brand drive? Download the drive test software for that drive and see if it actually works.

If it is a 3+ year old laptop consider that you may need a new HDD (occasionally even happens to newer laptops).
 
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