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Ian |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 22:32 |
Could be not reading that drive for a few reasons - ATA level password on the drive, unpatched OS that doesn't support large drives, old BIOS etc. on your computer. You should always be able to get data off very easily, even if you have to take ownership of the files which takes a while. | |
Cosmo |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 21:12 |
Is getdataback the best thing to use, or is there a free programme thats just as good? | |
Cosmo |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 20:56 |
quote: Caddie was new :lol: Will try it on another HDD and see if it works with that! Will try running GetDataBack on it though, cheers :thumbs: | |
Dom |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 20:53 |
Sounded like your caddie is a little naffed if it's giving your I/O errors and the drive is still working. But get hold of GetDataBack and run it on the drive, you might still be able to pull stuff off it :thumbs: | |
Cosmo |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 20:45 |
Ended up having to format the drive as repair didnt work :mad: | |
_Allan_ |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 13:23 |
The three recovery disks I've used in the past have all given the option to install windows only or full format. I'd just read the menus very carefully :) | |
John |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 13:22 |
Just make sure when using the xp disc you don't tell it to format at any point, even try the repair option if you want, I was doubtfull but used it and got it up and running again. | |
Cosmo |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 13:20 |
Think Ive both here, will give it a go using the XP disk and then if not will use the recovery one. | |
John |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 13:18 |
Not sure about a recovery disc, that could wipe the drive and just install a copy of a partition. | |
Cosmo |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 13:16 |
quote: So if I just use the recovery disk without formatting it should be fine - aslong as the HDD is OK!? | |
John |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 13:15 |
Depends if the hard drive is physically broken or not. | |
Cosmo |
posted on 17th Jun 08 at 13:03 |
My sisters laptop has gone tits up when she did a Windows Update (XP) and now wont load into windows properly (will turn on fine, etc.). Im guessing other than using a recovery disk and starting from scratch their is no way to fix this so the stuff on her HDD will still be there? |