Re: Recovering data

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Its more likely that the hd has failed.
You can try the hd manu checking utility, you download and create the
bootably utility floppy, sometimes they can repair the disk sufficiently to
enable reboot and recover data

"colinlam" <colinlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the quick reply. It was his Dad's computer who has now bought
an
external hard drive for the purpose og backing up.

With regard to chaging the BIOS which settings need to be changed and to
what.

Thanks again
--
colinlam


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"colinlam" <colinlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, a friend was trying to fix a computer which would not boot and
could
not
access either safe mode or use the recovery console. There was
important
data
on the hard drive which was configured with a single partition so he
removed
the original hard drive and fitted a new one and reinstalled the op
and it
's
now working OK.

To try and recover the data he connected the old drive as a slave on a
single IDE cable and then tried to boot. It got through the BIOS with
no
problem but just stopped with a blank screen before the Boot Screen.

Any ideas why this happened and how he should go about recovering the
data.

Thanks.

--
colinlam

Maybe the BIOS is not set correctly for the old disk. Your
friend should also consider the virtues of backing up his
important files regularly to an independent medium. It's a
lot less painful than attemtping to recover them after the
disaster. A 2.5" disk in an external USB case makes a very
effective and low-cost backup medium.





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