From what I have read these errors mean I have to replace my hard drive. Could I remove my WDBUZG5000ABK-NESN external hard from its casing and use it as my new laptop hard drive? Given that this drive is SATA, 500 GB, and 5400 rpm, this earlier topic en.community.dell.com/.../19482041 indicates my drive is compatible. Also, I am unable to Windows from the hard drive of CD/DVD drive and was unable to retrieve my data using Knoppix as I could not mount my hard drive. Is my best chance to recover my data to use my old drive as a slave after it is replaced? Is this different from just using it as an external hard drive? Thanks.
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