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Hard Drive Question
Hello, (I apologize if this is in the wrong section.) I was browsing the internet for answers to my question, but didn't quite find what I was looking for. It seemed as if you folks could help me. I currently have an HP Pavilion a6110n PC running Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit, believe. I got this computer after my old one seemed to fry, it wouldn't boot up, and still won't. I still have the old one because it had many valuable files on the hard drive. I believe it's a Compaq running Windows XP. My question is: is there any way I can retrieve the files from the hard drive? I don't care about the programs, just the documents (text, audio, video). I thank you in advance for any and all help. -- Paper |
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Hard Drive Question
"Paper" wrote in message ... Hello, (I apologize if this is in the wrong section.) I was browsing the internet for answers to my question, but didn't quite find what I was looking for. It seemed as if you folks could help me. I currently have an HP Pavilion a6110n PC running Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit, believe. I got this computer after my old one seemed to fry, it wouldn't boot up, and still won't. I still have the old one because it had many valuable files on the hard drive. I believe it's a Compaq running Windows XP. My question is: is there any way I can retrieve the files from the hard drive? I don't care about the programs, just the documents (text, audio, video). I thank you in advance for any and all help. -- Paper The easiest way would be to remove the drive from the old computer, install it into a USB drive enclosure that fits your drive (2.5" from a notebook or 3.5" from a desktop.) Set the drive's jumper to Master or Single drive (but it is probably already set that way if it is the only drive of any type attached to the cable in the old computer.) Plug in the USB drive into the new computer's USB port. After the drive is found you should be able to access the files from the drive. If there are issues with permissions, you may have to take ownership of the files on the drive. Google for "taking ownership of files" Not knowing if you have an available IDE (ATA) connector within your HP a6110n I don't know if you can easily install it into your computer to use it. If there is an open IDE (ATA) connector, it can be inserted easily into the box and then you can take ownership and use the files. (At www.HP.com type in A6110n in the search bar for full manuals for your system.) |
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Hard Drive Question
Paper wrote:
Hello, (I apologize if this is in the wrong section.) I was browsing the internet for answers to my question, but didn't quite find what I was looking for. It seemed as if you folks could help me. I currently have an HP Pavilion a6110n PC running Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit, believe. I got this computer after my old one seemed to fry, it wouldn't boot up, and still won't. I still have the old one because it had many valuable files on the hard drive. I believe it's a Compaq running Windows XP. My question is: is there any way I can retrieve the files from the hard drive? I don't care about the programs, just the documents (text, audio, video). Are you handy inside a computer? Open the old one, take the hard drive out. Open the new one and slave the drive (it's getting tricky now). OR, take the drive to your nearest computer shop and get an external USB enclosure for it - about $20. You should then be able to access your files and to move them to wherever you want them. IF you had made image backups of your system all along, you would merely have to open the imaging program and then to the image to get at your programs. Consider that in the future... Acronis True Image, about $25 from the recently discontinued version which is fine, or another $10 for the latest and greatest. Richie Hardwick |
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Hard Drive Question
Richie Hardwick;906042 Wrote: Paper wrote: Hello, (I apologize if this is in the wrong section.) I was browsing the internet for answers to my question, but didn't quite find what I was looking for. It seemed as if you folks could help me. I currently have an HP Pavilion a6110n PC running Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit, believe. I got this computer after my old one seemed to fry, it wouldn't boot up, and still won't. I still have the old one because it had many valuable files on the hard drive. I believe it's a Compaq running Windows XP. My question is: is there any way I can retrieve the files from the hard drive? I don't care about the programs, just the documents (text, audio, video). Are you handy inside a computer? Open the old one, take the hard drive out. Open the new one and slave the drive (it's getting tricky now). OR, take the drive to your nearest computer shop and get an external USB enclosure for it - about $20. You should then be able to access your files and to move them to wherever you want them. IF you had made image backups of your system all along, you would merely have to open the imaging program and then to the image to get at your programs. Consider that in the future... Acronis True Image, about $25 from the recently discontinued version which is fine, or another $10 for the latest and greatest. Richie Hardwick I'm not too handy on the inside of the computer, but I read up on slaving the drive. Would it hurt for me to attempt to slave it, and if I can't get it to work, just go buy the enclosure? Or are there risks involved in slaving/failed slaving? Thanks for showing me these methods and all that, I thought it would be really difficult. My nearest "computer store" would be Best Buy. Would New Egg.com or something like that be my best bet for a cheap enclosure? -- Paper |
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Hard Drive Question
Paper wrote:
Richie Hardwick;906042 Wrote: Paper wrote: Hello, (I apologize if this is in the wrong section.) I was browsing the internet for answers to my question, but didn't quite find what I was looking for. It seemed as if you folks could help me. I currently have an HP Pavilion a6110n PC running Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit, believe. I got this computer after my old one seemed to fry, it wouldn't boot up, and still won't. I still have the old one because it had many valuable files on the hard drive. I believe it's a Compaq running Windows XP. My question is: is there any way I can retrieve the files from the hard drive? I don't care about the programs, just the documents (text, audio, video). Are you handy inside a computer? Open the old one, take the hard drive out. Open the new one and slave the drive (it's getting tricky now). OR, take the drive to your nearest computer shop and get an external USB enclosure for it - about $20. You should then be able to access your files and to move them to wherever you want them. IF you had made image backups of your system all along, you would merely have to open the imaging program and then to the image to get at your programs. Consider that in the future... Acronis True Image, about $25 from the recently discontinued version which is fine, or another $10 for the latest and greatest. Richie Hardwick I'm not too handy on the inside of the computer, but I read up on slaving the drive. Would it hurt for me to attempt to slave it, and if I can't get it to work, just go buy the enclosure? Or are there risks involved in slaving/failed slaving? No risks at all. Just make sure your computer is UNPLUGGED from the wall when you play around inside it. Even thought power is off, if it's still plugged into the wall outlet power is live in some places on the motherboard. Thanks for showing me these methods and all that, I thought it would be really difficult. My nearest "computer store" would be Best Buy. Would New Egg.com or something like that be my best bet for a cheap enclosure? Newegg is a GREAT place to shop for an enclosure. Be careful: there are USB enclosures for every kind of drive. My guess is that you need one for a 3.5" IDE drive. Richie Hardwick |
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Hard Drive Question
well if your computer that you want the files off of has a floppy drive and
cd drive then you can get a windows xp bootdisk and then when you get that up just copy stuff to floppy disk/also could use flash drive/memory card/other removable media. |