Imminent hard drive failure on Slimline Pavilion

printdummy · ‎08-05-2022

I am wanting to back up my important documents and pictures before my slimline Pavilion dies. When starting computer , I get message reading code 1720 iminent hard drive failure with a note to press F1 which does nothing. I can't get computer to open at all. I tried UEFI diagnostics which confirmed hard drive smart check failure. I tried to put in password ,ChangeMe123! when promoted to give setup password. It did not work. I chilled hard drive in freezer for a few hours and that did not help. Is there anything else I can do so that I may have the ability to back up my important pics and docs? Thank you.

Prométhée · ‎08-06-2022

Hi

I'm not sure the freezer was a good idea..

You can try several things in order to try to recover your data, I give some explanations here, but in French!

que faire en cas d' erreur / échec dst du disque dur - HP Support Community - 7338574

You can try a bootable cd / dvd type live cd (linux)

https://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-retrieve-windows-files-using-a-linux-live-cd/

you can try removing the hard drive, in order to connect it to another computer internally, or with a usb adapter!

https://www.muo.com/tag/connect-get-data-off-hard-drive/
If your disk is not completely out of order, this gives you a small chance

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