recover data from crashed system?

jisterwinslet · Jul 21, 2010, 02:47 PM

Can someone help me to find a step by step procedure on how to recover lost data if your computer crashes?
I would like to know if anyone knows how to recover lost data from a computer that crashed or a recovery tool or a web site
that offers that information.
thanx

***Veridian3*** · Jul 21, 2010, 03:06 PM

Depends what you mean by crashed. If the hard drive died (mechanically) then you may well need to send it off to an expensive data recovery firm. If it is a software problem such as windows not loading then a simple option is to remove the hard drive from the system and connect it to another (either using a USB enclosure or internally).

For 2nd situation you should gain access to your data right away and be able to burn it to dvd etc. For the first, you might get access but chances are it will need sent away.

dobuecker · Jul 22, 2010, 10:22 AM

It seems as if ur system is totally crashed...
Here are the steps that can help u to recover the data. You have to use some tool to recover the data.
1. Install a recovery tool on some other system
2. Now place ur crashed disk as a secondary disk on this other system
3. Select ur crashed disk from the partition and scan with the recovery tool to recover the data.
If u wanna give try then I can suggest you 1 such tool that I used once" Advanced Disk Recover". You can try the trial version....and if satisified can purchase it and it is available on cnet.
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PNH153 · Aug 9, 2010, 09:26 PM

can you connect the HDD to the other computer as a slave drive while windows is already running, kinda like a "plug and play" ?

Liqourice · Aug 15, 2010, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by PNH153

can you connect the HDD to the other computer as a slave drive while windows is already running, kinda like a "plug and play" ?

If you get an external HD case with USB that you can put it into then you should be able to.

Jul 21, 2010, 02:47 PM	#1
jisterwinslet HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	recover data from crashed system? Can someone help me to find a step by step procedure on how to recover lost data if your computer crashes? I would like to know if anyone knows how to recover lost data from a computer that crashed or a recovery tool or a web site that offers that information. thanx

Jul 21, 2010, 03:06 PM	#2
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,025 Rep Power: 181	Re: recover data from crashed system? Depends what you mean by crashed. If the hard drive died (mechanically) then you may well need to send it off to an expensive data recovery firm. If it is a software problem such as windows not loading then a simple option is to remove the hard drive from the system and connect it to another (either using a USB enclosure or internally). For 2nd situation you should gain access to your data right away and be able to burn it to dvd etc. For the first, you might get access but chances are it will need sent away.

Jul 22, 2010, 10:22 AM	#3
dobuecker HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: recover data from crashed system? It seems as if ur system is totally crashed... Here are the steps that can help u to recover the data. You have to use some tool to recover the data. 1. Install a recovery tool on some other system 2. Now place ur crashed disk as a secondary disk on this other system 3. Select ur crashed disk from the partition and scan with the recovery tool to recover the data. If u wanna give try then I can suggest you 1 such tool that I used once" Advanced Disk Recover". You can try the trial version....and if satisified can purchase it and it is available on cnet. [COLOR=#0066cc][/COLOR]

Aug 9, 2010, 09:26 PM	#4
PNH153 HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Re: recover data from crashed system? can you connect the HDD to the other computer as a slave drive while windows is already running, kinda like a "plug and play" ?