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02.18.2008 at 12:52PM PST, ID: 23172520
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Windows asks to format HDD

Asked by mpcsplymouth in Computer Hard Drives, Computer Web Cameras, Windows Vista

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My client's pc runs vista and everytime I boot it, it displays a routine for Vista troubleshooting, which tries running, before displaying a message similar to "Can't automatically repair Windows".
I've taken it back to my office for checking, inserted the HDD into a SATA caddy, then connected to USB.  It starts to recognise the HDD, but then says the HDD requires formatting.  This pc was apparently working fine a couple of days ago, until they tried installing a webcam (unfortunately connecting before installing the software...)
Could this have completely rendered the HDD useless?  He has lots of photos/documents which I'm trying to recover before performing a system restore to clear the system out.
When trying with a secondary HDD also in the caddy (from the same client machine - 2 x HDD's) my computer doesn't recognise the HDD in "My Computer".  Start Free Trial
[+][-]02.18.2008 at 12:57PM PST, ID: 20923369

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[+][-]02.18.2008 at 01:05PM PST, ID: 20923425

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[+][-]02.18.2008 at 01:18PM PST, ID: 20923525

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