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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?

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[โ€“] Dalraz@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago (5 children)

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.

[โ€“] LostXOR@fedia.io 7 points 5 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.

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