Reply To: Computer Question – Backing Up

could not boot in any mode

able to boot with recovery disk

repair installed windows no help

computer friend checked the ram

he knew the symptoms

said 90% its a hard drive hardware problem

next step disconnected second drive and that did it

it was a 3 year old WD drive

computer guy said it just went bad

he said par for the course for WD

much prefers seagate

everything recovered

2 new seagate drives installed

thank you everyone

going to backup with acronis on the second drive

comp guy says the drives should be okay for at least 5 years