How to retrieve data from crashed hard drive on XP

[postandrail]

I have a IDE hard drive that has crashed.

However a new SATA drive was purchased and the system was up and
running again. However I need to retrieve some of the data.

But in cabling it up. the compter will not run.

The BIOS recognises the drive, and it has been set to boot up from the
new drive. But the system just brings up an error message that the
drive has an error with the system boot files. Its as thou this drive
is taking over as primary all the time, even thou the BIOS has been
set up so the SATA drive is primary.

Any ideas please

 

[Guest]

Chk youre BIOS to see if its set for SATA & IDE to run together,if ok,then
try moving the old hd to another IDE connection,maybe set as slave to cdrom.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a IDE hard drive that has crashed.

However a new SATA drive was purchased and the system was up and
running again. However I need to retrieve some of the data.

But in cabling it up. the compter will not run.

The BIOS recognises the drive, and it has been set to boot up from the
new drive. But the system just brings up an error message that the
drive has an error with the system boot files. Its as thou this drive
is taking over as primary all the time, even thou the BIOS has been
set up so the SATA drive is primary.

Any ideas please

If Andrew's suggestion does not work then you could do either
of these things:
- Install the IDE disk as a slave disk in some other machine,
then retrieve your files.
- Boot the machine with a Bart PE boot CD, then retrieve the files.

A far simpler method would be to retrieve the files from your
backup medium. A 2.5" disk in an external USB case is a low-cost
but highly effective backup device. Many people chose to defer
such a backup scheme until after a major disaster.