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Receoverying files from dead drive
Name: Greg Date: October 2, 2002 at 10:30:06 Pacific OS: Win 98 CPU/Ram: pentium 2/128 mb
Comment:
Hello; Ok my I have Windows 98 The hard drive is dead has errors in it will not boot to operating system..or will it format ... Ok is there a way to save any files from the hard drive.? and if so how would one do this... would appreciate any help on this matter. Thanks
Name: eishv Date: October 2, 2002 at 10:42:39 Pacific
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OK if you have a spare hdd install it as slave and boot off a boot diskette. then copy your files to the new hdd (if you can access it at all that is.. if you cannot the only way is a data recovery company like ontrack. but thats real expensive..)
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Response Number 2
Name: benny Date: October 2, 2002 at 10:43:33 Pacific
PowerQuest's 'Lost and Found' (http://www.powerquest.com)
Free http://home.arcor.de/christian_grau/rescue/
If you can't access the drive at all, you will have to take it to a Data Recovery service. VERY VERY expensive.
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Response Number 3
Name: will Date: October 2, 2002 at 11:21:38 Pacific
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YOU can only recover if the drive still has some life in it. Just because it won't boot does not mean the drive is dead - could be just the boot sector. If the drive is still alive and FAT is still there - attach it as a slave on another system and boot. Then drag and drop your files to this other drive.
I agree that Data Recovery services are very expensive - and no guarentee on the data that you are looking for is even retrieved.
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