External Drive Hidden Files
Replies: 5 | Post Date: 01-16-2010, 07:30 PM | User: Billybob51106 | Forums: hardforum.comI have an external drive via usb my friend unplugged mid transfer he said. Now when he plugs it in there is no files to see. A good chunk of the drive is used however. Enabling hidden files shows the recycle bin etc but i cannot access. Any idea how to recover his files etc?
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I am trying to recover data from a hard drive which was on a laptop that is no longer functional. I am able to mount the drive and access it and pull off almost all of the data using a pcmci card and adapter. However some of the files were located on the desktop and hidden/restricted by the user for security purposes and now they cannot be accessed. I have tried to change the folder properties so that it is no longer hidden. However it is not working because access is denied. I am running windows xp and the drive which i am trying to recover the data from was running windows xp. I think the reason access is being denied is due to the fact that i am not logged on as the original user. But i'm not sure. I have created a user same that matches the account i am try to access on the old hd. No success. I have tried to copy the file onto a cd. No success. Can i boot off of the old drive even though it was configured for another computer (is there a chance it will damage the hardware of the laptop)? And can i do it using the pcmci card?
If so how do i go about doing this? Will i have to take the other hd out? Any suggestions to work around this problem?
Posted On: March 12th, 2004, 04:18 PM . View 10 Replies .
I am trying to recover data from a hard drive which was on a laptop that is no longer functional. I am able to mount the drive and access it and pull off almost all of the data using a pcmci card and adapter. However some of the files were located on the desktop and hidden/restricted by the user for security purposes and now they cannot be accessed. I have tried to change the folder properties so that it is no longer hidden. However it is not working because access is denied. I am running windows xp and the drive which i am trying to recover the data from was running windows xp. I think the reason access is being denied is due to the fact that i am not logged on as the original user. But i'm not sure. I have created a user same that matches the account i am try to access on the old hd. No success. I have tried to copy the file onto a cd. No success. Can i boot off of the old drive even though it was configured for another computer (is there a chance it will damage the hardware of the laptop)? And can i do it using the pcmci card?
If so how do i go about doing this? Will i have to take the other hd out? Any suggestions to work around this problem?
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Very grateful for any answers!
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I also have the problem that the crashed drive freezes any operating system trying to boot up with it in. Tips, ideas?
File system is ntfs. (Check out all the other problems i had with this disk here: one, two, three)
Very grateful for any answers!
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Boss at work has managed to crash his laptop and of course has not done a backup in 3 years, now he wants me to try and recover some of his files. This is a windows 2000 system and what it is doing is coming up with the following message on boot up. A disk read error occurred
Press ctrl+alt+del to restart
Now i thought maybe the system files where corrupted, we got one of these fix your disk programs and tried running it, it says that both the partition table and boot sector are ok so no joy there, had a look on this forum and found a thread with link to ntfs4dos and ran that, it says the nt ntfs partition is not initialized. Finally tried coping on the system files again using the windows 2000 repair option still no joy. Does anyone have any other ideas i can try, can i some how link the hard drive via a converter cable to my desk top (maybe a stupid question, but hay i'm clutching at straws), or do i just send it back and tell him that it will cost £350 to get the files and here is an essay on the virtues of keeping backups. (Probably won't do last bit as end up getting fired).
Posted On: November 24th 2005 . View 5 Replies .
Connect Dvd Drive As External Drive Through Usb Port
I have a sony dvd-rw drive which works fine when plugged directly as an ide drive. I also have an ide-to-usb cable along with an external power supply for ide devices. I want to connect the the dvd-rw drive as an external drive through the usb port. I have windows xp (sp2). When i plug the dvd-rw drive through the usb port, xp complains that "the device cannot be recognized". It shows up in the device manager as an unknown device under usb controllers. I am have a desktop (p4 1. 4ghz, 256mb rd, usb 1. 0) and a laptop (amd turion, 256mb ddr, usb 2. 0)!
Posted On: June 11th, 2007, 01:14 PM . View 2 Replies .
I have a sony dvd-rw drive which works fine when plugged directly as an ide drive. I also have an ide-to-usb cable along with an external power supply for ide devices. I want to connect the the dvd-rw drive as an external drive through the usb port. I have windows xp (sp2). When i plug the dvd-rw drive through the usb port, xp complains that "the device cannot be recognized". It shows up in the device manager as an unknown device under usb controllers. I am have a desktop (p4 1. 4ghz, 256mb rd, usb 1. 0) and a laptop (amd turion, 256mb ddr, usb 2. 0)!
Posted On: June 11th, 2007, 01:14 PM . View 2 Replies .
Usb Hard Drive Takes Long Time To Copy Files
I just got a usb hard drive and copied some of my large files to it, and noticed it was taking a really long time to finish. Im not sure what kind of throughput im getting but it cant be much. Its taking somewhere around 15 min to copy a 700mb file.
Posted On: June 2nd, 2007, 12:45 PM . View 7 Replies .
I just got a usb hard drive and copied some of my large files to it, and noticed it was taking a really long time to finish. Im not sure what kind of throughput im getting but it cant be much. Its taking somewhere around 15 min to copy a 700mb file.
Posted On: June 2nd, 2007, 12:45 PM . View 7 Replies .