- Jul 2, 2015
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Hello,
I first built my computer about 2 years ago, intending for it to be a computer I could play games on as it has a GTX 970 and other components that fit well into the budget for the computer. As for storage, I decided to purchase both a SSD and a Hard Drive. They are the 128gb OCZ Trion and a 1TB WD Blue HDD, respectively.
The other day I left for work and when I returned home, my computer was on but it was on the BIOS. I attempted to Save and Continue just to get my computer past BIOS because I thought there was just a small malfunction or something simple. Upon further inspection, I discovered the S.M.A.R.T. report said "S.M.A.R.T. Status Bad, Backup and Replace" and also that in BIOS the computer was reading that the SSD had 0.0mb of storage.
I understand (ever so slightly) what the issue is, but the main problem with what has occurred is that my Operating System (Windows 10) was loaded onto the SSD that failed, along with a few other programs that I had for startup but not nearly as important as the OS. I know that retrieving information from a failed SSD is pretty difficult, and I do not even know if it will be possible to retrieve the OS whatsoever.
The only options I seem to have are those that follow:
- I can purchase another SSD, another copy of my OS, and re-install/setup the computer
or
- I can purchase my OS again and just load start up on my HDD
These are the questions I have:
1) Is it even possible to retrieve the OS from the failed SSD, and would it even be worth trying? The cheaper retrieval programs are still edging $100
2) Is it possible to download an OS to a HDD that already has roughly 200gb of 1TB taken up on the drive?
3) Out of the two options above, what would you recommend? Are there any other options that are available to me?
Thank you again to anyone willing to help, these last few days have been kind of a nightmare with orientation schedules and now a computer that can no longer do anything. If anyone wants the rest of the specs, just ask and I will put them in the comments.
I first built my computer about 2 years ago, intending for it to be a computer I could play games on as it has a GTX 970 and other components that fit well into the budget for the computer. As for storage, I decided to purchase both a SSD and a Hard Drive. They are the 128gb OCZ Trion and a 1TB WD Blue HDD, respectively.
The other day I left for work and when I returned home, my computer was on but it was on the BIOS. I attempted to Save and Continue just to get my computer past BIOS because I thought there was just a small malfunction or something simple. Upon further inspection, I discovered the S.M.A.R.T. report said "S.M.A.R.T. Status Bad, Backup and Replace" and also that in BIOS the computer was reading that the SSD had 0.0mb of storage.
I understand (ever so slightly) what the issue is, but the main problem with what has occurred is that my Operating System (Windows 10) was loaded onto the SSD that failed, along with a few other programs that I had for startup but not nearly as important as the OS. I know that retrieving information from a failed SSD is pretty difficult, and I do not even know if it will be possible to retrieve the OS whatsoever.
The only options I seem to have are those that follow:
- I can purchase another SSD, another copy of my OS, and re-install/setup the computer
or
- I can purchase my OS again and just load start up on my HDD
These are the questions I have:
1) Is it even possible to retrieve the OS from the failed SSD, and would it even be worth trying? The cheaper retrieval programs are still edging $100
2) Is it possible to download an OS to a HDD that already has roughly 200gb of 1TB taken up on the drive?
3) Out of the two options above, what would you recommend? Are there any other options that are available to me?
Thank you again to anyone willing to help, these last few days have been kind of a nightmare with orientation schedules and now a computer that can no longer do anything. If anyone wants the rest of the specs, just ask and I will put them in the comments.
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