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2015-08-16 17:51:16
There could be a number of issues here.
- Something trivial might have went to hell, such as a heatsink in which case the computer auto-shutoff to prevent damage to components from heat.
- You could have the operating system corrupt, in which case use a OS cd to repair the operating system, if that fails introduce 3rd HD with OS to boot and extract files from HD 1&2
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2015-08-17 02:13:53
At the moment, something along the third suggestion you made is taking action. Thanks to a friend of mine, it seems like we're going to be able to save most stuff.
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2015-08-17 05:10:34
It's looking really good right now.
TestDisk is just very time consuming because it's having to read raw data without a partition table to guide it.
For the first time I think I'm looking at a near 100% recovery of personal data.
The OS, however, is toast, so he'll need to reinstall that.