2006-11-06 10:19:16 · 5 answers · asked by philip c 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
god knows
2006-11-06 10:20:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming it is a Hard Disc you are talking about.
Assuming it is not damaged.
Assuming it is Fat or NTFS (PC Winodws formatted)
Assuming you are using another Windows PC.
Assuming it is IDE.
Open up the other computer, see if you have a spare IDE port. Computers generally have 2 physical ports each of which can have 2 drives (1 MASTER and 1 SLAVE on each). Some have more.
Depending on your setup you have several options.
You will need to check the jumper settings on the drives themselves to see if it is set to master or slave.
Assuming the main Hard Drive for that PC is on IDE1 as a MASTER and there is a CD drive on IDE1 set as SLAVE and there are NO spare ports then you can unplug the CD drive, set the HD you want to connect as SLAVE and plug it in to the port the CD drive was using.
Start windows and you should see it as D: or E: or F: etc, depending on your configuration. You can then copy the files you want to keep to the C: drive and put the system back to the way it was.
You may need to go into the BIOS and auto discover the drives. Depends on how old the PC is.
To have it permanantly connected you will need a spare IDE port. Set the drive to MASTER or SLAVE accordingly and plug it in.
If the drive is faulty then you will most likely need a specialist data recovery service.
If it was formatted for a different OS such as Linux or MAC, then you may need some software to access that format as windows may not understand it.
2006-11-06 19:09:05 · answer #2 · answered by Tempest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several options, the cheap, which usually don't work, and the expensive which work very well 99.95% of the time. If your HDD is still functional and there is no damage, physical or otherwise, then your best bet will be to take it to a data recovery specialist, DriveSavers.com is a good one and have them estimate how much it will cost.
2006-11-06 10:22:49 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortmated discs are uncooperative you may not be able to, it also depends on what sort of file it is. soem files may be able to be retreived as data disc type files rather than their origional intent. the computer can then translate that into watever the orgional programw as intended to be.
2006-11-06 10:21:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what kind of disc?
2006-11-06 10:21:23 · answer #5 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋