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Recover Lost Asus Laptop Data

ASUS X501A

I have an Asus X501A which has started to fail. I had an update to the Windows OS, and then it restarted automatically. After that happened, rather than going into the Windows Loading screen, I got the BSOD. I have tried restarting the system a couple of times now, with the same result. I have also tried to get the system into Safe Mode and Last Known Good Config. Neither of these attempts have been successful. I then decided that I would have to take out the hard drive, which is a Seagate, and connect it externally to the desktop I have. I got an error message asking me to format the disk prior to using. I have also tried on another laptop, with the same result. The external hard drive enclosure will not show up in Computer Management while the laptop’s hard drive is in it.

ASUS LAPTOP

I am using a new external hard drive with my Asus laptop. The internal hard drive is having some problems, and so I want to transfer all of my data into the new external drive. However, I am experiencing problems with it, in that the drive will spin down after only a few seconds of use, and it will not access the data which I already have stored on it, and then it spins up again, as usual, when Windows is trying to read something on the laptop. I don’t know what the drive is doing exactly, as there are no beeps and no errors. I have also noticed at the moment that it was set at the lowest APM capacity, only being 1. I tried to change this, thinking that might be the problem, but the hard drive tools won’t let me do it. I have used external hard drives of the same make before and not had this problem.