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![]() ![]() That way if your C:\ (windows) ever fucks up. Something I've learned to do (and something everyone should know how to do), is to put your data on a separate partition. and that's pretty much all I can think of. You may have to figure out how to rip your HDD out and putting it into another computer. But after running one of the tools offered on their website, it's as good as new. Happened to me when my HDD was just plain dead. Then before throwing it in the garbage, I recommend finding the manufacturer of your HDD (usually Western Digital or Seagate), go to their website and find recovery tools/utilities for your HDD. Do your own research as to which apps have good reviews, the one I used is called Data Recovery Doctor.Īnd in the event your HDD won't boot AT ALL, even trying the above methods. But for me I think it did a pretty good job, about 90% of my files were successfully recovered. Some will work better than others, but this is a very long process, and some of the data it recovers may be corrupt. There are many applications out there that are able to recover data even after it's been formatted. Same principle as using Knoppix.Ĥb) Something a tad more risky, is reformatting your computer. Then you can boot from the new HDD, and copy files from the old HDD. If it doesn't, try to find another HDD that you can boot from. It shouldn't be too hard to find your way around, but with Knoppix, you'll be able to go back into your HDD and copy your data out onto a USB or whatever.Ĥb) You can also try taking the HDD out of your laptop and placing it into another computer. This is basically a LINUX OS that you can burn onto a CD and boot into any computer with it. There are several alternativesĤa) The safest one, you can try using Knoppix. Try Googling to see what you can do in the Windows Recovery ConsoleĤ) I've had many experiences with trying to get back old data. never does anything, but it doesn't hurt to try. This is what I would doĢ) Try to boot into it, (may have to change BIOS settings to have the CD-ROM boot first)ģ) Go to the recovery tools and I'm not too familiar with it but you could run exe's like chkdsk to see if it's able to do anything <- usually. ![]() well I really don't have any other reason. ![]()
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