rypson wrote in post #14799612
I wish... MAC is best solution for photographer, however... I can't afford MAC.... I wish... but I can't....
Guys would be nice if you can read my posts
Windows can't see the disk, I did connect thru USB to different computers, they are not recognizable, however BIOS can see my "broken" disk....
I feel the need to address your issue with going APPLE, as I believe many pc users spout this as an obligation...
PRICE IS CHEAPER GOING MAC.
Whats that?
CHeaper?
Yes.
In my case and maaaannnny others I know who have made the switch this is by far the case.
For example, if you were to purchase a new mac retail, yes there is a big ticket price to get in the door. BUT! Once you're in you are now involved with a single company that will support your hardware.... for many years to come.
In multiple cases I've gotten free phone support from apple techs to trouble shoot apple computers wellllll beyond the extended apple care warranty. IE, my 6 year old G5 and Mac Pro. I've also had apple do a fully free replacement of a logic board *motherboard* for you pc users, on my older macbookpro. It was out of warranty by almost a year and they replaced it free of charge in 2 days.
The other reason its cheaper? I used to do custom pc builds and even though I was building pretty top end powerful machines, I found that as technology and software grew, my machines were getting out of date and noticeably slow every 1-1.5 years. With mac this has not been the case for me.
I still use a macbookpro before the unibody models... roughly 2008ish so its a 4 year old laptop without upgraded ram, etc and it still gets the job done. It gets the job done so well, that I haven't felt a great need to do any upgrades.
My mac pro is even older, roughly 2006-2007ish... and still going strong. Longest I used a pc build? 1.5 years.
Okay... now onto another point.
THere are OTHER ways to get macs. You don't need to go retail to buy them. Usually right before new models are announced many people hit craigslist trying to offload their older models in anticipation of a new model.
This is a super easy way to pick up working mac gear on the super cheap. Yes there are some issues with craigslist, but if you do a little bit of research you can easily get great mac gear on the cheap.
Okay, now onto your issue.
If bios is reading your disk, it is probably just 'seeing' the basic info that the disc provides. If you don't hear the drive spooling up or clicking noises, the drive is likely dead.
The only option is to try using external drive adapters usually that convert the sata/ide ports of the hard drive down to usb.... if the drive is still not connecting and working, see if you can open your windows disc utility and try reformatting the drive. At that point you risk wiping all the data but have a chance of recovering the drive so it can be used again.
Its worth a shot, but likely the disk is dead.
Data recovery is incredibly expensive and not a sure thing. In my opinion, learn the lesson now and start practicing a bulletproof redundant data backup workflow. For some this lesson must be learned multiple times before they 'get it' for others once is enough.
hope this helps.
just my .02c
