[access-uk] Re: Question about a corrupted hard drive.
- From: "petrina delves" <delves465@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:38:37 -0000
Hi Jonathan,
I can't tell you what the error was. All I know is that when I went to
start my computer the next day, after shutting it down the night before
despite several attempts it wouldn't boot up. So I called my friend who
repairs computers for a living, and after work he came to have a look at it,
and said he would have to take it away. Anyway after sending my message to
the list last night, he phoned me about 9 O'Clock, to say that after trying
everything he could possibly think of, he got someone else he works with to
look at it, but they still can't get it to run. Apparently when you go to
start it, it gets so far and then sits there doing nothing, then after a
while, the screen goes blank. So it looks as though I am going to have to
shake up the piggy bank, for a new tower. And that also poses a problem,
because I can't afford to update all my hardware, and possibly software, I
need to buy a tower, which will still allow me to run XP.
All the best
Petrina
Southampton UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan" <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 7:07 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Question about a corrupted hard drive.
Theoretically, yes.
However, this is one of the rare occasions when I'd say that if your
data is at all valuable to you, get a professional, or at least
someone who really knows what they're doing.
And by that, I don't mean PC World!
There are just so many variables - what type of cable? What are the
jumper settings? What security did the old HDD have? What partition
format did it use?
Most machines have both SATA and PATA connections should you should be
OK there, but you can still get yourself in a right old pickle.
So, answer is: Yes, no guarantees, but be careful and take your time!
Incidentally, what is the error and what recovery tools have you tried?
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:49 PM, petrina delves
<delves465@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all.
I have a hard drive, that we think has become severely corrupted. What
I would
like to know, is because this drive, has been partitioned, is it possible
to
put it in to another computer, as a secondary drive. So that I can
retrieve
some files, that I didn't get a chance to backup, or have I lost them.
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me with this one.
All the best
Petrina
Southampton UK
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