Meryl's Notes Blog

I’ll try not to make this a whinefest, but it’s hard to let this go without saying something as it’s affecting my work. My computer is very ill. Whenever I tried to reboot it, it would hang on the Windows logo screen. There was also a message about the array being damaged.

Paul fixed it and got it up and running again, though it was flakey and still needed work. So I used it late last week without incident. I copied some files over to my laptop, but not as much as I wanted nor the very latest ones.

The computer had dual drives with one being a mirror of the main drive. Of course, this problem screws both of them. Never found an online service that met my needs for backing up my data elsewhere. What I need is a centralized hard drive that I can access from any computer and have all the latest files there that won’t get corrupted because of operating system or hard drive problems.

A new hard drive is coming in, but according to Paul… the data ain’t recoverable. I refuse to give up hope and have posted a message in a forum to see if there’s a way to get it without spending thousands of dollars with a data recovery service. If you know, I’d be grateful for your help.

Update: More info. Have a RAID1 congfiguration in which a HD failed. The HD has been replaced and the array has been rebuilt, but for some reason, Windows will not load. It hangs immediately after the Windows splash screen. When attempting a repair installation, it hangs after selecting the installation you want to repair.

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