I recently had my Seagate Baracuda 120gig hard drive take a crap on me. The OS still recognizes it in the computer window but I can't open it. It's also slowing down my whole PC. At the moment it's disconnected. I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a good hard drive repair program that might be able to salvage the drive and the files I have stored on it.
Also, I was given a hard drive by a friend that has an OS installed on it. I was wondering what the proper procedure would be to format the drive so I can use it as a secondary drive on my pc. I know nothing of dual-booting operating systems. So all I know is if I hook it up it will boot under that operating system instead of my own. So, could anyone direct me to a program that will format this drive so I can use it for additional storage on my PC? Thank you.
-Sven
Also, I was given a hard drive by a friend that has an OS installed on it. I was wondering what the proper procedure would be to format the drive so I can use it as a secondary drive on my pc. I know nothing of dual-booting operating systems. So all I know is if I hook it up it will boot under that operating system instead of my own. So, could anyone direct me to a program that will format this drive so I can use it for additional storage on my PC? Thank you.
-Sven