recovering files after crash

[Guest]

(e-mail address removed) direct e-mail copy would be great too..


About half a year ago I had a HP pavillion a350n crash so that it wouldn't
boot up. It would try to boot up and get as far as the blue Windows XP screen
it offered the F10 and F1 options to get into setup and into recover but that
was all.
I took the hard drive out and bought an external hard drive enclosure box.

I put a new hard drive in the HP computer and then installed Windows.
everything is fine there. However when i put hte old hard drive in the
external box and tried to look into it to copy the "My Documents" files and
"Shared Documents" files... no luck.
I can't get the HP to recognize that it has a USB storage device. Or if
it does it sometimes says "The USB device is a high speed USB storage device
plugged into a non high speed connection. It will run at reduced speed."
(this is in my other HP pavillion with WinXP too. )

but then the drive doesn't show up at all. When I take the brand new Hard
drive
out of the A350n and put it in the external Hard drive box, it shows up fine
and i can access all the files.

what can i do to get into the Documents of the original 160 gig hard drive
that won't show up in the "My Computer" section?


To sum up... the external hard drive case shows up when the new hard drive
is in it. When i put the old hard drive in it which has the files i want the
drive won't show up. ... (Windows won't run on the old one because i
rendered a video and that crashed it. I did this a half a year ago and just
erased everything and started over. but i want the videos i made on this one.
I have a lot of music i recorded and composed on this one too.)

thanks for any help.

i could take it to micro center or CompUsa and they could get it but i
thought this external hard drive case would do it.


(e-mail address removed)

 

[Rock]

(e-mail address removed) direct e-mail copy would be great too..


About half a year ago I had a HP pavillion a350n crash so that it wouldn't
boot up. It would try to boot up and get as far as the blue Windows XP screen
it offered the F10 and F1 options to get into setup and into recover but that
was all.
I took the hard drive out and bought an external hard drive enclosure box.

I put a new hard drive in the HP computer and then installed Windows.
everything is fine there. However when i put hte old hard drive in the
external box and tried to look into it to copy the "My Documents" files and
"Shared Documents" files... no luck.
I can't get the HP to recognize that it has a USB storage device. Or if
it does it sometimes says "The USB device is a high speed USB storage device
plugged into a non high speed connection. It will run at reduced speed."
(this is in my other HP pavillion with WinXP too. )

but then the drive doesn't show up at all. When I take the brand new Hard
drive
out of the A350n and put it in the external Hard drive box, it shows up fine
and i can access all the files.

what can i do to get into the Documents of the original 160 gig hard drive
that won't show up in the "My Computer" section?


To sum up... the external hard drive case shows up when the new hard drive
is in it. When i put the old hard drive in it which has the files i want the
drive won't show up. ... (Windows won't run on the old one because i
rendered a video and that crashed it. I did this a half a year ago and just
erased everything and started over. but i want the videos i made on this one.
I have a lot of music i recorded and composed on this one too.)

thanks for any help.

i could take it to micro center or CompUsa and they could get it but i
thought this external hard drive case would do it.


(e-mail address removed)

Try installing the drive as a second drive in either the system you have
or another XP or Win2k system as a slave drive and see if the drive is
detected by the BIOS, and readable in windows. If it's readable see
this article for taking ownership of files and folders.

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421

If it's not detected by the BIOS or readable in windows the next step is
to contact a drive date recovery service such as www.ontrack.com or
www.drivesavers.com. They are very expensive though.

Next time have a full and complete backup of all data.

 

[Guest]

thanks I know.. it was stupid to not back it up. I balked at running a lot
of dvd's and should have gotten an external hard drive..... which i have
now... and i found a cool article after googling hard drive recovery...


http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1139&page=6

it will make me a better geek.
thanks
paul

 

[paulmd]

To sum up... the external hard drive case shows up when the new hard drive
is in it. When i put the old hard drive in it which has the files i want the
drive won't show up. ... (Windows won't run on the old one because i
rendered a video and that crashed it. I did this a half a year ago and just
erased everything and started over. but i want the videos i made on this one.
I have a lot of music i recorded and composed on this one too.)

thanks for any help.

Well.... it could be that the drive won't work 'cuz it's dead.

That said: due dilligence

1) check jumper settings, and all that. Find and read the manual for
your drive (they're online). Read manual for enclosure.

2) try connecting directly to the computer (put the drive on a free IDE
jump)

after that

3) Data recovery specialists. Prices vary. Saw an ad for just $99. it
goes WAY up from there.

3a) There is one trick involving stealing the controller card from
another EXACT same model number drive and changing it out. You may want
to sacrifice a few chickens. Pray. Whatever. Before you attempt this.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT if you cannot afford the data recovery
specialists. It does not always work.