Hey there,
About 3 weeks ago, I was playing on my computer (battlefield 4) and my ethernet cable became loose. When I tried to put it back in, the power cable wiggled out. Ever since then my PC has not booted up properly. It loads up to a black screen with a movable mouse cursor. I have tried about everything from chkdsk to system repair, even safe mode. NOTHING WORKS Since then I have installed windows 7 on different hard drive. I tried to access my disabled hard drive from the new one but to no success.
HOWEVER, when I go to disk management on windows, it shows my disabled hard drive as healthy and running. When I goto my computer, all I see is my new hard drive and system reserved (D:)
I have many important documents and pictures on my computer and I need them back. PLEASE HELP!
getdataback. It has saved me a couple of times. You have to buy the full version to restore the data, but at least you can check to see if you can find it with the demo.
Thanks, But I'll pass on that one
If you don't want to pay for software you could always try to boot into linux and use gparted to get the data back. I recovered a flash drive that way once.
Idk, im pretty sure theres an easier way. One thing I just discovered right now is that there is a file when I goto Computer that says Local Disk E:. It contains all of my old data (it is my disabled hard drive)
It does not give me access however. it keeps saying access denied. I tried the online guides that show you how to take control over your hard drive but to no avail
Oh, you just need to claim ownership of the file. I thought windows just plain wasn't seeing your drive. Right click on the drive, click on properties, then security. After that edit permissions, click on your username and give yourself full control. If your username isn't there, then add it.
Yeah, I have tried that. After everything is completed, it still wont let me access the file. The username I added is not there. The only things that are there are " System" and "Administrators".
I'm not sure then, that's always worked for me.
try accessing the drive through linux. you should be able to copy the data to your new drive. you can make a live CD of a linux distro (e.g. Ubuntu, or something) and get to your data that way. no need to install the OS.
Thanks for the reply !
Now could you give some links or maybe a youtube video because i'm not the most advanced when it comes to linux. I just want to make sure I do not lose anything.
- Go to Ubuntu's main website.
- Download the iso for the desktop version. http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop
- Burn it to a CD or put it on a USB stick. The Ubuntu site has links to show you how to do this.
- Boot your computer from this CD/USB stick and wait while the OS loads. Select the "Try Ubuntu" option. Do NOT click on install Ubuntu.
- You should be able to see your current drives mounted on the task bar no the left and should be able to access the data to copy it to another drive.
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Optional last step: After you have copied all the data you want to a new drive, you should be able to use an application called Gparted to format the drive and such if that's not possible from Windows. You can run Gparted from the live Ubuntu CD. It should be in applications. Be careful with Gparted, you don't want to format the wrong drive or something. Make sure you format the drive as NTFS so Windows can read it.
The reason I recommend Ubuntu is because there is a lot of documentation for it on it's main website and it is quite easy to use. Personally, I use other versions of Linux on a day to day basis, but this should suit your purposes well. I hope this works. It's worth a try.
Thank you, I will try this once I get home
i would recommend he not use ubuntu. maybe open suse?
i suppose that would work, but haven't used open suse so can't recommend it.
elementary OS would probably work as well (fits on a CD), but I can't remember if I could use Gparted without installing it or not.
Ubuntu is ok if he's not installing it.
P.S. You might have to use a DVD for ubuntu. I think it might be too big for a DVD.
I'm curious as to why I shouldn't use ubuntu. Are there any risks?
(thanks for the reply btw)
I don;t use a CD drive in my computer, but I presume a USB should work just fine
If you're going to use a USB drive I would suggest using Yumi to make the ISO bootable. Works really well and easy. And Free of course.
Plus later on you can add lots of cool tools and other Linux distros.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
Thanks for the reply!
So I have downloaded Yumi. Do I need to empty my USB for it to work?
Yeah, It's going to wipe anything that's on it. It has to do a clean format before you can put Linux on there.
I am writing this from within Ubuntu.
Thank you all for the help you have provided me! I have went into ubuntu and found my files. I am currently moving them over to another hard drive.
Thanks again to everyone