Backout without booting harddisc?

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#1 Jor297
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How do I take backup on a harddisc that ain't booting? Need to backup the files, so I don't need to start everything on new. Because imma format my harddisc

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#2 metacritical
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put the hard drive in a second PC, copy files over. just be aware, if it's not booting the drive could be dead
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#3 Jor297
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put the hard drive in a second PC, copy files over. just be aware, if it's not booting the drive could be deadmetacritical

I will try on another PC. No, it is not dead, or it could be, no it's not. I got a bluescreen, then the HDD will not boot anymore, so imma stick with that it's a software issue.

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#4 metacritical
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it blue screened for a reason, these days they're nearly always due to hardware