Parallel Install?

[Guest]

I have a harddrive that went bad yesterday. It doesnt even seem to recognize
it. I have some data on there that I need off.

Went and purchased a new hdd yesterday and going to install it. Can I then
place the bad hard drive in after I get the os installed on the new and do
some type of parallel install. I am not sure what the best solution would be
here?

Thanks for the help. Oh and if so could someone give me some direction on
parallel installs.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a harddrive that went bad yesterday. It doesnt even seem to recognize
it. I have some data on there that I need off.

Went and purchased a new hdd yesterday and going to install it. Can I then
place the bad hard drive in after I get the os installed on the new and do
some type of parallel install. I am not sure what the best solution would be
here?

Thanks for the help. Oh and if so could someone give me some direction on
parallel installs.

Since your old drive went "bad" (whatever this means), you will have
to go through a complete re-installation of Windows and of all your
applications.

When finished then you can install your old disk as a slave disk.
Depending on how good or bad it is, you may be able to retrieve
some of your data. If Windows won't recognise it then you may
have to treat this incident as an unpleasant reminder that all data
must be backed up every week to an independent medium.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the condescending reply. "Ass Breath"

Since your old drive went "bad" (whatever this means), you will have
to go through a complete re-installation of Windows and of all your
applications.

When finished then you can install your old disk as a slave disk.
Depending on how good or bad it is, you may be able to retrieve
some of your data. If Windows won't recognise it then you may
have to treat this incident as an unpleasant reminder that all data
must be backed up every week to an independent medium.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Please elaborate. What exactly do you think is condescending?
The reference to the need for backing up important files on a
weekly basis?

 

[Guest]

Define the definition of bad:

More inferior, as in quality, condition, or effect.
More severe or unfavorable.
Being further from a standard; less desirable or satisfactory.

However you had to insert some smart a** comment in quotes " " .

If I did need to elaborate on the topic of "bad", I would have, or if you
would have liked more information on what really happened you have the wrong
attitude in asking.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The quotes merely referred to the fact that "bad hard drive" means
many different things to different people. To some it means a drive
with a corrupted file structure, to others one that has a few bad
clusters, to others it is a drive that is as dead as a door nail.
Depending on your precise situation, different measures would
need to be taken. Since you did not elaborate on what exactly
you meant with "bad", I placed the word inside double quotes.
It appears that you drew your own conclusions from those
two harmless double quotes.

 

[Guest]

Pegasus,

I don't want to bicker with you. Your montoring and responsiveness to this
thread however shows that you would continue well into the night.

I simply felt your response was maybe some of your own negativity coming
through. Sorry for the foul language before.

 

[Rock]

I have a harddrive that went bad yesterday. It doesnt even seem to recognize
it. I have some data on there that I need off.

Went and purchased a new hdd yesterday and going to install it. Can I then
place the bad hard drive in after I get the os installed on the new and do
some type of parallel install. I am not sure what the best solution would be
here?

Thanks for the help. Oh and if so could someone give me some direction on
parallel installs.

If after windows in installed on another drive the contents of the first
one can be read, there may be an issue of ownership and permissions in
reading the files. See this article for how to take ownership:

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

If it can't be read by the new windows system and there are two cd
drives in the system, another option is to download a linux distro,
knoppix. This can be run from cd. Boot from it and see if that can see
the drive. If so try to copy the essential data using the k3b backup
program that comes with the distro.

http://www.knoppix.net/get.php