I recently got a new gaming PC for my birthday and left the family PC with my parents. They wanted me to clear all my games off it, which I did, leaving only family photos on it. Now my parents are trying to watch a Liverpool match on that PC, but it won't boot into Windows. After checking the BIOS, I tried various fixes, but no luck. I've made some adjustments, like lowering the DRAM MHz, but I just got a beep and a warning about the hard drive. I'm really hoping there's a way to recover those family photos or fix this issue. I've heard I can show a BIOS picture for help, but I'm worried about causing further damage. Any advice would be appreciated!
2 Answers
It sounds like your files are still on the hard drive, so chilling there might be a chance to recover them. You can get an external drive reader to slip the drives in and pull the data off easily.
Your situation seems serious. First off, disconnect the hard drive and try installing a new OS on a different drive. If your BIOS has a hot-plug option, enable that. Then boot up with the new OS and reconnect the old drive to back up your data quickly.
We’ll try that soon! I'll update if we manage to save anything.