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Hard Disc Recovery?
Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 1:21 pm
by Robnark
uh, okay, big problem. when trying to install a game, the computer crashed. it was only then bbotable in safe mode, and I tried a system restore. since then, my computer now claims that it cannot read from the hard drive. now I can think of a number of fixes, but there's a lot of stuff on the hard drive that I don't want to lose - any practical suggestions on how to get a working computer and my old data?
Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 2:15 pm
by Mr Flibble
What version of Windows are you using?
Have you tried any hard disk checking utilities? (scandisk, chkdsk in2K/XP)
Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 2:22 pm
by Robnark
I use XP, but it's not booting right now so I haven't checked since I defragged two days ago.
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 2:04 pm
by Ned Flanders
buy a second drive, get xp up and running on the new drive, add the old drive as a slave, and then pull data off of it.
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:10 pm
by Robnark
yeah, I decided I should do that. I got the new hard drive today. if the worst happens, at least I'll have a new, slightly better hard drive...