In that case, I recommend opening up an elevated command prompt and running System File Checker and check for errors. It's not exactly common that a new Windows installation has errors, but it does...

Does your PC have an AMD/ATI graphics chip or are you using the Intel Integrated Graphics? It used to happen to me quite often after I installed my Graphics Card(AMD R9 380)for the first time, but...

Precisely. I think that should do it.

Well, the hard drives themselves don't really measure that entirely. The size refers to the platter inside which are the ones that store the data.

A 2.5" drive is the one most commonly used for...

Yes, that should work just fine for 2.5" drives. You may get away with it working with 3.5" drives if you plug it directly to the motherboard and not a front panel USB port, however I don't recommend...

It should, as long as the power source is regulated. (an USB port for example)

You can:
1-Send the drive to a professional data recovery service (most expensive but most likely to work)

2-Get an external enclosure, or even a Sata to USB adapter, boot into Windows, and see...

Yes, the drive is most likely dead. Computers don't post (or not properly) when they have a dead (or failing) hard drive.

Hi!

Thank you for linking me to that thread. However, I've gone through quite a few of these threads in the past, and because none of the recommendations in them worked for me, I decided to...

Hello, everyone!

First of all, here are my PC specs:

OS: Windows 10 Pro x64 (Latest updates)
CPU: AMD A10 5800k @ 4.4 GHz
Motherboard: MSi FM2 A75MA-E35
GPU: MSi R9 380 Gaming 4g
...