I have a bunch of pics on my computer and that hard drive has gone bad. That is what they told me. So I am getting another one, is there any way of getting the pics off the old one? And it wont cost a lot of money?
2006-09-19 08:14:20 · 4 answers · asked by tpenut 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Laptop hard drive?...easy....get an external bay USB for the drive...less than 40bucks.... put the old drive in, usb to annother working system, and it will work like a memory stick. Chances are your boost sector is messed up....I have recovered many this way.
Desktop?....same, but the bay will cost a bit more
This accesses the drive but not the boot sector, just the file system. If the drive had a hard failure, like a power spike or a electronic componet failure, this may not work.
Most likely you had an operating system failure or the NTLDR failed. The method above will allow you acces for these problems.
2006-09-19 08:27:55 · answer #1 · answered by starfox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends. sometimes some software utils can find the inodes, but you will have to go through and recreate the filenames and what not. sometimes it requires data recovery, which is expensive. chances are, its probably not worth the time to mess with it.
2006-09-19 08:17:27 · answer #2 · answered by dzr0001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly but it is dificult and expensive not really unless you have a professional try that is expensive
it really depends on how it failed is it corrupt or virus infected or just plain wont start
2006-09-19 08:16:59 · answer #3 · answered by timothy f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would think so, take your pc to someplace like best buy where the geek squad are so they can help you!
2006-09-19 08:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by itsnotapartytil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋