Harddrive problem

[Dan]

Hi. I'm having trouble accessing data from a harddrive that's gone funny.
It suddenly started bluescreening on bootup. So I tried putting the
harddrive as a secondary drive in another computer so that I can copy my
data off it. Unfortunately, when the drive's plugged into the second pc,
then this also bluescreens halfway through bootup (I'm presuming it's when
it tries to mount the second drive). I tried using Norton Ghost to make a
clone of the drive - but I get exactly the same problems with the cloned
drive.

Can anyone think of anyway I can get my data off it?

Thanks for any advice with this,
Regards,
Dan.

 

[kony]

Hi. I'm having trouble accessing data from a harddrive that's gone funny.
It suddenly started bluescreening on bootup. So I tried putting the
harddrive as a secondary drive in another computer so that I can copy my
data off it. Unfortunately, when the drive's plugged into the second pc,
then this also bluescreens halfway through bootup (I'm presuming it's when
it tries to mount the second drive). I tried using Norton Ghost to make a
clone of the drive - but I get exactly the same problems with the cloned
drive.

Can anyone think of anyway I can get my data off it?

Thanks for any advice with this,
Regards,
Dan.

How about making an image with Ghost instead of a duplicate
drive then using Ghost Explorer to access that?

What filesystem? Try another OS that can read it, for
example DOS if it's FAT, or one of the linux bootCDs.
Try a removable drive enclosure, firewire or USB2.

 

[Dan]

Hi. I'm having trouble accessing data from a harddrive that's gone
funny.

How about making an image with Ghost instead of a duplicate
drive then using Ghost Explorer to access that?

What filesystem? Try another OS that can read it, for
example DOS if it's FAT, or one of the linux bootCDs.
Try a removable drive enclosure, firewire or USB2.

Ah, I didn't think of using Ghost Explorer! ) I'll give that a go over
the weekend. It's NTFS. I've tried using 'NTFS Reader' from www.ntfs.com.
This is really slow and all the files are copied using the 8.3 file name.
If this Ghost Explorer doesn't work - do you know if Linux can mount an NTFS
drive? If so, would this be able to copy long file names?

I think when this is all sorted, I'm gonna start getting religious over
backing up! I've never had a harddrive fail before - so I've always taken
it for granted (

Thanks for your help,
Regards,
Dan.

 

[kony]

Ah, I didn't think of using Ghost Explorer! ) I'll give that a go over
the weekend. It's NTFS. I've tried using 'NTFS Reader' from www.ntfs.com.
This is really slow and all the files are copied using the 8.3 file name.
If this Ghost Explorer doesn't work - do you know if Linux can mount an NTFS
drive? If so, would this be able to copy long file names?

If Ghost Explorer doesn't work, I'd try a Knoppix Live CD,
it'll boot *most* systems from CD then have access to any
(potentially) intact NTFS partition. It can read NTFS,
dont' think it writes to it.

I think when this is all sorted, I'm gonna start getting religious over
backing up! I've never had a harddrive fail before - so I've always taken
it for granted (

Yeah that's the thing about hard drive failures- you take it
for granted that it'll be fine then one day.... GONE.
With luck you get some warnings, a time or two it'll show a
smart warning or a beeping sound. Other times you turn a
system on and hear click-click-click-click over and over and
it's a lost cause already.

 

[CFran]

i'm not sure to understand. when booting Windows that is on ur 'funny'
HD, it bluescreens, right? and when you connect it as a second HD on ur
computer, you boot to ur first and OK HD, not the funny one right? cuz
if that is it, then i don't understand why would the Windows on the OK
HD would bluescreen...