What’s going on here? A week or so ago this showed up and haven’t been able to turn on my laptop since. Some hardware issue?

  • Dalraz@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 months ago

    If it a failing disk, and you dont have any backup, and its important data.

    Have a look at a product callef SpinRite. It may bring the disk back from the dead long enough to get the data off

    https://www.grc.com/sroverview.htm

    Then 3 2 1 backup strategy for your future needs.

    • LostXOR@fedia.io
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      4 months ago

      Don’t waste your money. If the data is really important, send the disk to a data recovery service to avoid risking further damage. If it’s only somewhat important, use a (free!) tool like ddrescue to attempt to recover the data.