Hercules1946
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When my computer stopped working while I was doing a clean install of 8.1 onto a new SSD, I had to send it back to where I bought it. They fitted a new power supply, installed 8.1 on the SSD, leaving my Vista HDD System disk in situ as I asked.
When returned the machine had got some serious damage from being dropped, and it wasn't safe to power up. By this time, I was desperate to get some files from the HDD that I hadn't backed off. I bought an enclosure, and connected up the HDD to my wife's laptop. The drive powered up OK, and at first told me that I didn't have authorities to the files I wanted. It offered to fix this, and processed away for a while and then added the extra drives (the HDD has 3 partitions, 1 being the Vista system partition).
To my surprise although I could recognise parts of the file structure, some parts seemed to be completely missing, and other parts I didn't recognise.
Bearing in mind that Im only looking for data files, I cant understand this.
Is it because using a different Op system on the laptop (W7) doesnt allow me to see the file structure put in place by Vista, but does something different with it?
I would appreciate any help. The machine has now gone off for repair, and Im hoping there will be a way for me to get at my files when its fixed.
If Ive left anything out, please ask.
Thanks
When returned the machine had got some serious damage from being dropped, and it wasn't safe to power up. By this time, I was desperate to get some files from the HDD that I hadn't backed off. I bought an enclosure, and connected up the HDD to my wife's laptop. The drive powered up OK, and at first told me that I didn't have authorities to the files I wanted. It offered to fix this, and processed away for a while and then added the extra drives (the HDD has 3 partitions, 1 being the Vista system partition).
To my surprise although I could recognise parts of the file structure, some parts seemed to be completely missing, and other parts I didn't recognise.
Bearing in mind that Im only looking for data files, I cant understand this.
Is it because using a different Op system on the laptop (W7) doesnt allow me to see the file structure put in place by Vista, but does something different with it?
I would appreciate any help. The machine has now gone off for repair, and Im hoping there will be a way for me to get at my files when its fixed.
If Ive left anything out, please ask.
Thanks
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Vista, Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Custom by Arbico Compters - London
- CPU
- Intel I7 Core 2 Quad 920 2.66Ghz 8MB L2 Cache
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-EX58 UD3R
- Memory
- 6MB Corsair PC12800 DDR3 1600MHZ
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX Radeon HD 4890 1GB PCIE
- Browser
- IE9, Mozilla Firefox
- Antivirus
- Norton Internet Security