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graygary6

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Jul 31, 2018
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ok so let me put this into context the hard drive is a 1TB sata 2.5 it's been used in the past then a folder appears with a question mark on it then the folder appears with a question mark on it does anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it?
 

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Boot into your recovery partition, and run a first aid to find out if your HDD might have bad/corrupted segments

If it doesn’t show any bootable disks, check your hdd connector or it could be that your hard disk is faulty. I love troubleshooting with hardware first!
 
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