Windows 10: Can you please tell me how to fix my computer? I'm having trouble replacing a damaged hard...

I have a very interesting problem: basically, I can't replace a damaged secondary hard drive I've tried multiple times with two different replacements. Upon opening Crystal Disk Info, I noticed that it's reallocated sectors count was reading as: current - 100, worst - 100, and threshold - 5. After doing some research I decided that failure of the hard drive may not immediately be imminent because the numbers haven't changed since I first checked, however I would like to replace it. After purchasing a new hard drive to replace the damaged one, I attempted to replace it. I powered

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Windows 10, Occasional Error, No Hard Drive, after Hard Drive Replacement

Hi,

System corruption can cause issues detecting your computer's hard drive. For us to properly investigate on your concern, we'd like to confirm the following information:

• On which cases do you receive the startup error?
• Aside from replacing the hard drive, have you made any significant changes to your device prior to this happening?
• Have you tried plugging in the replaced hard drive to another computer to check if the same thing occurs?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

We will be waiting for your reply so we can move forward to resolving your query.

 

wifi adapter is damaged

Where are the results of the steps I gave you? This is an interactive process. I give steps to perform, you do each one and then report back results until something works, so I know what to suggest next. If you need help performing any step, just ask back. But please do not skip any steps. We often find out the skipped step is the fix.

If the adapter is damaged and none of the other steps work then I showed you how to replace it most easily with a USB nano adapter in Step 10. You could also replace any built-in adapter if it is accessible or have a shop do it.

 

Damaged hard drive

I damaged my hard drive while replacing a screen cable; dropped screw driver and shorted across two MB contacts. Wouldn't boot.

I purchased another of the same computer. (I'm a neophyte so bare with me please) and swapped the old harddrive into the new computer. After an extended time the screen says something like 'attempting repair of your computer' then a half hour later brings
up a blue screen with three choices on it, something like "exit system", "attempt boot again" and something else. I gave up at that point.

There is data on the old drive that is not backed up, my personal info and info for a non-profit I'm an officer in. Kinda-gotta-have type info.

Using the new hard drive, I created a bootable windows 10 disk on a usb drive.

So finally, here's the question. If I put the old (damaged) hard drive into the computer then boot from the usb stick,

1. will it just boot from the stick or will it try to write to the damaged driver, and

2. if it writes to the damaged drive, will it write to the old Windows 10 partition, write it anywhere it can (like over data) or will it try to format the damaged drive and install Win10?

I've worked myself to this point but now I"m afraid I"ll screw up data on the old drive which is why I started this in the first place.

My thanks in advance

Scott