Re: Disater Recovery-Power Failure on Boot - Data Lost?? Help!
- From: Mark Gregson <MarkGregson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:00:01 -0700
Usb connection is to a different machine - (one at my local library!).
I will research the links you have sent me - thank you.
One final thought. I am considering buying a new machine and taking out the
good (new) HDD and replacing it with the old one, trying to boot from a
floppy boot disk and if successfull copying the data I need out. Am I asking
for trouble when I put back the new HDD into the new machine after I complete
this task?
Thanks again for all help.
Mark.
"Brian A." wrote:
Is it connected to a different machine or is the USB somehow working on the "dead" laptop?.
I can't say whether the contents will fully display or not when slaved on another machines IDE ribbon cable vs. USB. There are 3 other things you try to see/extract the contents.
Both free:
Boot with a BartPE disk: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
Boot with a NTFS Reader disk: http://www.ntfs.com/products.htm
and
Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314058
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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/
Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
"Mark Gregson" <MarkGregson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1587FB67-B01D-4BCF-B401-9F84702F5E50@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Brian,
Will setting up the HD as a slave be different to viewing the contents of
the drive via USB as an external drive as I have now? As an external drive
when I explore the contents there are remamnents of folders that i recognize
(not many), but the My Documents folder is empty.
Thanks
Mark.
"Brian A." wrote:
If you have another available machine, install the hd in that machine as a Slave and save any important data/files to the drive on that machine.
--
Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/
Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
"Mark Gregson" <Mark Gregson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:A2FE10B5-F06B-4168-9D04-2F878D9DA1CC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
here is the background of my dilema:- hardware is a laptop (pentium 3, 256
ram, 30gb hdd). OEM with WIN2000, but had XP SP1 update (i think) may even be
full new XP SP1- not sure. How can I tell?
During a boot I had total power loss. Tried to reboot, and on 2 occasions
manged to get to the screen where you can chose 4 options including boot
normally & safe mode. On the second occasion I managed to get to safe mode,
but the system died (power) again before i could do anything constructive. I
tried to re boot again, but all it ran was a memory check and then hung - (ie
wrnt to black screen and flashing cursor). I have no power at all now. The
internal power pack on the motherboard is dead.
I have removed the hard drive and rigged it up as an external hard drive via
USB. I thought this would be a clever way to get my data out of the drive
into a new computer. But to my horror, none of my data is there, even though
the disk shows the original capacity used as being the same pre-disaster.
Question to the IT gurus: Is the data still intact, and if so how can I
recover it?
All help much appreciated. Thankyou in advance of you advice.
Mark Gregson
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