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Boggin:
This article shows a pic of what you should see in Win 7 on tapping F8 as you switch on.
https://www.lifewire.com/advanced-boot-options-menu-2625801
SFSecurity:
Hi Boggin,
Yep, I get that advanced menu options but the way it happens for me is slightly different. When the initial screen shows up with "Press F8 for Boot Menu" I get 3 "Safe Mode" and the "Boot Windows Normally" options. Then if I hit F8 again I get the menu you are referring to. I'm not sure why it happens this way, maybe it's the BIOS structure.
In any case I've tried System Restore 3 times and each time it fails with a screwy message. Once it was saying it could not recover a temporary Internet file so it quit. Sorry, I don't have the exact wording, I didn't write it down.
My Apricorn DriveWire doesn't work with this drive so I can't connect it to a USB port on another, older computer that is not as powerful but I could copy off my personal data if it did work. Do you have a suggestion for a SATA to USB device that might work with a Seagate Barracuda 500 GB drive manufactured in April of 2012?
Boggin:
Did you also try Last Known Good Configuration ?
I'm not familiar with your set up but a Google on the Apricorn Drivewire brought up a couple of links for an adapter, although now unavailable or sold out.
I'm not sure if you would be able to get this adapter from the computer vendor but it's this item - https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/848756-REG/Apricorn_ADW_USB_KIT_DriveWire_Universal_Hard_Drive.html
I did however come across this article which may or not meet your needs - https://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/apricorn-drivewire
Are you considering factory resetting if you can back up your personal stuff ?
SFSecurity:
Yep, I've tried "Last Known Good Configuration" twice with the same results, it just went into the same "out of range" on the monitor.
As to DriveWire, I have 4 of them, one an older IDE based one for 2.5" and 3.5" drives. I have three of the newer ones which also have SATA capabilities like in the pix on BH Photo.
I talked with Apricorn yesterday and they discontinued DriveWire about 6 years ago because it didn't work with all 3.5" SATA drives. Their 2.5" (laptops) adapter still works fine. I checked several 3.5" SATA drives I have sitting around and it worked with some and not others. Oddly a 2 TB Seagate Barracuda drive made in December 2013 that I got thinking I might need to up my size works just fine with the DriveWire. :confused: :shocked:
The first link you provided is correct, Apricorn discontinued it about 6 years ago. Why BHPhoto still lists it is beyond me. :confused:
The second link is talking about a problem with IDE drives, not SATA drives. You can not do what they are suggesting on a SATA drive because the power for the drive is the same connector as the data connection. The power connector on IDE is the old style 4 pin one, on SATA it's a 16 pin thing and it is physically so close it would be hard to do it that way. But, :thinking: I may have come up with a way to do it and a possible reason why the DriveWire device doesn't work with some SATA drives. I'll let you know after I test out the idea.
:sad: The idea might work as there is a female to male SATA data only cable that I could find with a quick search using www.startpage.com (The only search engine with a European Privacy Seal) but it wouldn't get here until early September. Oh, well. Do I want to wait that long to try it? Not sure. At $1.55 with free shipping on eBay, I think I'll order it anyway just in case. Whether the idea of using a more robust power supply separate from the DriveWire one, who knows, I sure don't.
Meanwhile, I did order a new USB 2.0 to IDE or Serial ATA (SATA) drive adapter cable from Cables to Go. Not cheap, $35.70 including shipping and tax. We'll see if that will let me access the data and let me migrate it. It can be done but the needed cable is female to female and a quick check on www.startpage.com (The only search engine with a European Privacy Seal!) shows that it has to be ordered from China and it won't arrive before the near the middle of September.
While waiting I'm running the steps from https://www.winhelp.us/repair-your-computer-in-windows-vista-or-7.html. Currently I'm running chkdsk: /R /X but it takes a looooong time.
SFSecurity:
In addition to all else I've tried I'm following the procedures on https://www.winhelp.us/repair-your-computer-in-windows-vista-or-7.html but, boy is it slow in parts. The part I'm currently running is using CMD.exe, chkdsk: /R /X and it will likely take six or more hours.
I've run all the ones above that in the web site.
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