My computer was fried when I connected it to a bad outlet. I kinda need some files. Is there any chance I can save or get any file off of the hard drive without having to pay much.
2006-11-20 03:54:13 · 10 answers · asked by jcr70 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
If you take the hard drive out, set the jumper on the back to 'slave' and connect it to another working computer, you should be able to copy the files off of it.
It depends on what exactly was damaged by the power surge, but usually the hard drive is fine, it's just the power supply circuitry that is damaged.
2006-11-20 03:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by Che jrw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way I know to do this is to put the drive in a computer running XP. If the drive shows up and your files are not encrypted you just have to find the files you need and copy them to the other hard drive and you can burn them to a CD. As long as the drive is in working condition you should be able to do this easily if not be prepared to spend some money if you really want these files
2006-11-20 04:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try to put your harddrive into a second PC as a slave drive and you should be able to get the files as long as the drive was not damaged with the power spike. It has to be in there as a slave drive or the new computer will not be able to load up. Usally there is a jumper setting on the hard drive that says master/slave/CS (cable select). The main drive in th enew PC has to be set for master, the second must be slave. When you load up the PC you will see a second hard drive in there and everything on your old PC should be there. You can try using the cable select feature and it should auto detect which dirve is slave\master but I never had good luck with that.
Remember if your old PC was XP or 2000 once you have the old drive showing up under my computer in the new PC you will most likey have to go under documents ans settings then select the folder of the user who's my documents you need. be default it's administrator, but there might be others if you had more than one user set up.
2006-11-20 04:02:14 · answer #3 · answered by k_lause 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first thing to determine is whether or not the hard disk is fried. Your options: 1. Take it to a local computer repair store and have them check to see whether the disk works or not. They can also extract the data if it does work. 2. You could also power up the hard disk by connecting it inside a friends computer. Just connect the power supply cord and listen in to see if the disk is spinning or not. You should also feel some vibrations if its running. If the disk works, your chances of recovering the data are improved. You can get an IDE to USB cable or a SATA to USB cable, depending on the type of desktop that you have, My recommendation would be to go with option 1, since these stores tend to have all the necessary equipment.
2016-05-21 22:31:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to check as in what went bad with the computer. It sounds like your powersupply might have blown off. dosent mean your hard drive is fried too. If thats the case, then you could stick your hard drive in another computer or a friends computer and retrieve all the files. but if its the hard drive thats fried for real, then i would say the exact same thing that the other guys said in his answer "Pray"
2006-11-20 03:59:57 · answer #5 · answered by Godzilla 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try to put in a new power supply because there is a slight chance that your computer is ok except the power supply. If your motherboard is ok then a new power supply will get it going again. Even if your motherboard is dead, your hard drive should still be ok.
2006-11-20 03:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by Bruce__MA 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jumper the hard drive into your new computer to see if you can transfer the files.
2006-11-20 03:59:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that depends on your local repair shops. You could have them look to see if they can do a recover operation before you reinstall everything. The data will be gone as soon as you put in the system recovery disk.
2006-11-20 03:57:47 · answer #8 · answered by Marissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my computer guy took my old hard-drive and piggy-backed it to my new one in my new computer, it didn't take long he charges $12 bucks an hour he had it 2 hours.
2006-11-20 03:58:41 · answer #9 · answered by stephanie m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hook the HD up to another computer via usb and pray that the files are still there...
2006-11-20 03:56:12 · answer #10 · answered by xerocs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋