Hi community. This is my first post after reading plenty of threads with similar or matching topics. If I am in the wrong category, please forgive me.
Here we go:
1) my laptop (Sager 8662, about 5 years old) was working fine until last night. The only notable issue was that the entire body of the laptop got fairly hot some times.
2) this morning, after having run all night, the laptop seems to have restarted over night only to leave the message "operating system not found".
3) in BIOS the hard drive (Seagate 320gb) was still mentioned and as the number one boot device
4) windows 8 diagnostics from the install DVD did not detect hard drive. No restore possible.
4) I booted with a Linux KNOPPIX USB and ran TestDisk from it. No hard drive detected!
5) I took the hard drive out of the laptop and put it into a different one. That laptop did not detect any hard drive in the BIOS.
6) I put a different hard drive into my laptop. The BIOS detected it fine. KNOPPIX as well. So it's not the motherboard or else.
6) the hard disk moves, makes no unusual noises or other indications that it could be physically broken.
Based on the above, it's pretty obvious the hard drive is toast. Or is there hope?
If it's toast, any chance I can get some data back?
Really appreciate your time.
Here we go:
1) my laptop (Sager 8662, about 5 years old) was working fine until last night. The only notable issue was that the entire body of the laptop got fairly hot some times.
2) this morning, after having run all night, the laptop seems to have restarted over night only to leave the message "operating system not found".
3) in BIOS the hard drive (Seagate 320gb) was still mentioned and as the number one boot device
4) windows 8 diagnostics from the install DVD did not detect hard drive. No restore possible.
4) I booted with a Linux KNOPPIX USB and ran TestDisk from it. No hard drive detected!
5) I took the hard drive out of the laptop and put it into a different one. That laptop did not detect any hard drive in the BIOS.
6) I put a different hard drive into my laptop. The BIOS detected it fine. KNOPPIX as well. So it's not the motherboard or else.
6) the hard disk moves, makes no unusual noises or other indications that it could be physically broken.
Based on the above, it's pretty obvious the hard drive is toast. Or is there hope?
If it's toast, any chance I can get some data back?
Really appreciate your time.
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