i know nothing about computers,what did he do wrong?what can i do?
2007-06-29 16:59:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
he touched metal everytime he made a move to avoid static problems,but i remember some plugs that he said did not fit so he just left them.
2007-06-29 17:26:47 · update #1
simply just changing out your motherboard necessarily does not lose all of your saved files, media, audio, etc. all of those are located on your hdd. (hard disc drives) possibly your drives might not be connected right, or they might have been damaged. maybe your computer is not reading the drives. i would need some more details on the matter to try and better answer this question.
1ST q. are your hdd connected via IDE cables or SATA cables.
2ND q. what are your hard drives. like the name of them, speeds, read rates. just that stuff if you could.
3RD q. what os (operating system) are you using. win. xp, 2000 mac osx?
2007-06-29 17:07:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Data gets stored on the (hard) disk drives. If the motherboard is changed, it should not affect the hard drive/s.
BUT, there can be problems with static electricity, if he's not careful. Also, if you have multiple disk drives & he didn't reconnect all of them, that cause some data to not be found. Also, if the jumpers aren't set right, the machine may not see the drive, even if it's correctly attached.
If you can still see your hard drive/s and there's been no corruption, the data should still be there.
I build my own PC's. But changing a motherboard is the worst job - it's a bigger pain than anything else. Lots of opportunities for problems.
2007-06-29 17:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by dryheatdave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you changed motherboard, Windows XP most likely wont load as the hardware is no longer the same, your data are most likely still there, just that you cant access it.
He could try to do a 'repair install' and this will fix the Windows to the new hardware while retaining the data, if hes not sure, then best to take it to a repair shop and getthem to off load the data first.
Another method is to plug this hard drive into another computer and pull the data off that way.
2007-06-29 17:08:29 · answer #3 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All is not lost.
A computer's motherboard simply houses the processor (the computing part), RAM (temporary storage), video card (for displaying graphics), sound card (for making noise), and ethernet card (for connecting to the internet).
None of your documents are stored on the motherboard. They are stored on the hard disk drive, or hard drive for short. Even if you completely destroy a computer's motherboard, your documents will be fine.
All you have to do is find someone knowledgeable about computers and get them to take your hard drive out of the computer, retrieve your data, and hold on to it for you. Then you can buy a new motherboard or a new computer, and have the person put the data back in your newly-fixed machine.
2007-06-29 17:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if he lost everything saved on your old computer when he installed a motherboard, he probably fried your hard drive with static electricity. there's not really anything you can do about it except tell him to make sure that he is grounded next time he opens a computer.
2007-06-29 17:07:43 · answer #5 · answered by mike w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever consider that maybe one the plugs going into the hard drive (where your data is stored) didn't fit so your hard drive isn't even connected...
2007-06-29 18:11:50 · answer #6 · answered by Sean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not a pro. but they just replaced my motherboard and everything was saved. i guess just make sure everything is plugged in? sorry can't be more helpful.
2007-06-29 17:40:04 · answer #7 · answered by janie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you have lost evrything
2007-06-29 17:03:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋