Recently built a new desktop(breaking out of the pre-built hp era), my new desktop will not read my hp 5000s hard drive which contains every picture I've taken in the last 3 years as well as over 5000 mp3's, hp customer support says that I need to have it repaired??? is there anyway to recover the precious data on this drive?

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Click on the "Start" button and input "Recovery" into the search box.
Click on "Recovery Manager."
Click on the "Advanced Options" button when the Windows recovery manager appears. Choose the "System Recovery" option from the list and click on "Next."
Click "No" to decline using the Microsoft system restore and click "Next." Note that HP computers have their own restore system.
Click on "Back up your files first (recommended)." Click on "Next." Follow the instructions given to you by the recovery manager for backing up your files.
This is your opportunity to back up any important or original files before you reset the HP computer to its original settings.
Save these files to removable storage devices such as DVD disks, CD disks, alternative hard drives (that you are not performing a system reset on) or flash drives.
Click on "Next" when the screen reads "Recover without backing up your files." Note that after you proceed with this step, you will lose any and all information on your Hard Drive that you did not back up.
Restart your computer after it has finished the recovery procedure. Visit the HP Support and drivers website and click on the option that says "Download drivers and software (and firmware)." Enter your computer model number (find this on the front of your tower) and press "Enter."
Download the most recent drivers and save them on your desktop.
Double-click the driver package and follow the on-screen instructions to install the drivers.
Insert your removable storage device that contains the files that you backed up.
Copy the files to the appropriate places on your hard drive.
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The HP Recovery Partition that comes pre-installed on most new HPs is like built-in insurance if your system becomes unstable or fails.
If the problem is severe enough, you may not be able to start the HP Desktop Recovery Manager from Windows but you can start it manually by following the steps below.

Disconnect all peripheral devices and power on the computer.
Press the F11 key after the computer first powers on to start the HP Recovery Manager.

Follow the on-screen instructions to back up recoverable files on the hard drive to an external drive or media.
Continue following the instructions to recover the hard drive to its original factory condition.
Click "Finish" when the recovery is complete.
Reconnect devices and reboot the computer.
Reinstall software and update Windows and HP to current settings.


Performing an HP System Recovery (Windows Vista)
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The Wii doesn;t have any built-in capability to read hard drives. You willo need to check with the author of the homebrew program you are using for help.

Click on the "Start" button and input "Recovery" into the search box. Click on "Recovery Manager."

Click on the "Advanced Options" button when the Windows recovery manager appears. Choose the "System Recovery" option from the list and click on "Next."

Click "No" to decline using the Microsoft system restore and click "Next." Note that HP computers have their own restore system.

Click on "Back up your files first (recommended)." Click on "Next." Follow the instructions given to you by the recovery manager for backing up your files.

This is your opportunity to back up any important or original files before you reset the HP computer to its original settings.

Save these files to removable storage devices such as DVD disks, CD disks, alternative hard drives (that you are not performing a system reset on) or flash drives.

Click on "Next" when the screen reads "Recover without backing up your files." Note that after you proceed with this step, you will lose any and all information on your Hard Drive that you did not back up.

Restart your computer after it has finished the recovery procedure. Visit the HP Support and drivers website and click on the option that says "Download drivers and software (and firmware)." Enter your computer model number (find this on the front of your tower) and press "Enter."

Download the most recent drivers and save them on your desktop. Double-click the driver package and follow the on-screen instructions to install the drivers.

Insert your removable storage device that contains the files that you backed up. Copy the files to the appropriate places on your hard drive.

hope this helps

purchas an extrenal hard drive and plug in and it should install itself, then choose the folder containing the pictures and right click and choose send to then choose the new drives letter and send it, do the same for the vids and music, then after you have checked to make sure all the info was copied to the new drive, if you are using windows 7 you can use easy transfer to transfer to external hard drive'
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You should be able to tak the hard drive out of the old one and put it in the new one as a secondary drive. There is a good chance, though, that the drive won't fit. If it doesn't, you'll need something like this.

What's happening? Do you get an unrecognized USB device error and is the yellow LED on the front flashing on and off rapidly? If so, your drive could be locked due to a firmware issue on the hard drive itself. I had this problem and followed the very detailed instructions on the internet to unlock the drive with ZERO data loss. I followed that by updating the firmware. If this sounds like your problem, google search "unbrick seagate drive" and you'll find plenty of information on how to fix the problem.

When you install a new hard drive you need to install also a software to make your drive working. The new install hard drive does now contain a copy of windows software.

Hi:
Most stop error screens are not easily fixed, unless you have recently done something, like upgraded memory. If so, undo any hardware changes , like put the old memory back in. Most likely you have a corrupt windows operating system, or a failing hard drive. Your Dell might have a hard drive diagnostics utility built into the bios. You can hit your Del key on boot up,and see if it is an option.

By set up differently you mean and ATA or SATA difference? That shoudll not matter as long as  the windows are alread on the first harddrive of the HP  Since your drive that you want to move is the second drive and does not contain the operating syastem you should be able to just phisically move the drive from one machine to the other. The new computer will see and install the drive as "FOund ne hardware" and asign it a letter. It will not disturb the data.

if the hard disk fails better to buy new hard disk.