sephiroku Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 recently my computer has completely buggered up and is basically unusable as it freezes before it even gets to the startup screen. Im wanting a new pc anyway so im not bothered about fixing it as such, but there are some important files that i need to access. does anyone know if theres some way of accessing the hard/save disk and getting to the files, or if theres a shop that might be able to do it? really need them for college. Any suggestions/advice wud be much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartimaeus Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 It depends on the reason for the freeze during startup - if this is caused by the hard disk itself, then it's less likely that the files could be recovered. However in principle you may be able to have your existing hard disk installed as a secondary disk in a working PC, or your replacement PC, to see if the disk can be read and the files transferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroku Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 do u have any ideas of how much this might cost if it can be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc86uk Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 do u have any ideas of how much this might cost if it can be done? New 80GB hard disks can be bought for around £30 now the last time I looked. A company may also charge to recover the contents of the old HDD if possible. PM me if you need any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroku Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 ok, thanks for the info for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephiroku Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 ok, thanks for that info. will be in touch if i get stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallonoroff Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 If it's just Windows that is broken then your data should be fine... Like bartimaeus says, you can easily connect the HDD from your PC as a 'slave' in another (working) PC to get at your files. So the cost is nothing as long as you've got access to another machine... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartimaeus Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Anyone with the know-how can stick your old HDD in a working PC, just to see if it can be read. I would say don't go down the specialist data recovery route - it costs the earth, and is not worth it unless your data is very very precious or valuable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllGood Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Sounds like a boot / windows issue and the likelihood is that the drive will be readable (no promises). One solution is to buy a cheap (20 odd quid) external hard drive chassis that plugs into a USB socket. Once you've installed your old drive into this (and assuming it works at all), it will make it available to any PC you put it into as another drive letter. Cheers! It's All Good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dardandec Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Have you tried booting to safe mode ? usually hitting f5 when you boot. That will let you access your files. Another thing you could do is get hold of a live linux disk and load that. From there you can access your files and burn them to disk or send them to floppy's depending on the size of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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