Hi,
A few weeks ago, my laptop began giving me the message “Operating System Not Found” upon start-up. I was told by people more knowledgeable than me that the hard drive had died. I bought a USB to IDE adapter to try and retrieve the data from that hard drive onto my work PC. After connecting the old hard drive to the PC with the USB cable, Windows detects the hard drive (the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon shows and I can also hear the hard drive making a whirring noise – don’t know if that means it’s spinning or not); but the hard drive does not show up in Windows Explorer. Does this mean that the hard drive is junk and no data can be retrieved off it? I have very little knowledge about hardware so I am not sure what else I can do. I have a picture of the error message I get when the laptop tries to boot, if that will help. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Sameet.
