Hard drive problems

[sirius5e]

I have a 160 gb hdd that was loaded with Xp when i connect it with a usb easy ide device it says "does not contain a recognized file system" and do i want to format it.
Is it corrupt and goosed or can i retrieve files from it somehow?
Thanks in advance , getting desperate now :Clap:

 

[KhuramG]

try reading the drive via iRecover software (just search for it)

 

[ManofScience]

Try some recovery software, Disk Digger or GetDataBack - you should be able to cover some stuff.

 

[spud1966]

give this a try m8

download Hirens.BootCD.13.2

burn the ISO to a cd

boot your pc with your dvd rom drive and select

windows mini xp

and then check to see if you can get the information for the drive , if you can just copy the stuff over .....


hope that helps

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[sirius5e]

Thanks lads just trying GetDataBack ver4.22 now , looks like it will take another 13 hours its on 8% now so it might be recoverable. :Clap:

 

[Spectre]

Could you not have tried it as a master on the system it came out of? You say it had XP on it, I'm guessing you put it in an enclosure to use for storage?

 

[ManofScience]

make sure u have the right version for the file system - GetDataBack FAT32 or NTFS...

 

[sirius5e]

Could you not have tried it as a master on the system it came out of? You say it had XP on it, I'm guessing you put it in an enclosure to use for storage?

I tryed that originally but it kept on failing to boot.
I have it connected to T H I S

 

[sirius5e]

make sure u have the right version for the file system - GetDataBack FAT32 or NTFS...

Will the software not promp me if i start to image the wrong file system m8 ?

 

[ManofScience]

Will the software not promp me if i start to image the wrong file system m8 ?

it doesn't work like that, it doesn't know what file system it was - it relies on you knowing then using the correct tool to look for the files.

 

[sirius5e]

If it was originally Xp with an Nfts file system would it have changed by trying to access it by the usb ide device or if it has corrupted ?
Thanks for any help.:Clap:

 

[ManofScience]

If it was originally Xp with an Nfts file system would it have changed by trying to access it by the usb ide device or if it has corrupted ?
Thanks for any help.:Clap:

only if you tried to format it/convert it to a dynamic disk/changed owt.

Just accessing it differently shouldn't have touched anything.