Data recovery

kom526

kom526

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from an old hard drive.

I'm looking for guidance on how to get this done, either by myself or someone else. My old pc is bound for the recycling bin and I'm trying to pull the rest of the pics on the pc to put on disc or portable hd.

The computer will start in the safe mode only and that pretty much ends my expertise in data recovery.
 
Radiant1

Radiant1

Soul Probe
kom526 said:
from an old hard drive.

I'm looking for guidance on how to get this done, either by myself or someone else. My old pc is bound for the recycling bin and I'm trying to pull the rest of the pics on the pc to put on disc or portable hd.

The computer will start in the safe mode only and that pretty much ends my expertise in data recovery.
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I'm interested in this as well. I lost/forgot my password to access the operating system on an old pc and need to get data off the old hd before I recycle it. It's locked down tight and there's only so much I can access in safe mode. :doh:
 
glhs837

glhs837

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So there are folders you need to access, or just ensure they are not there when you recycle?
 
GWguy

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kom526 said:
from an old hard drive.

I'm looking for guidance on how to get this done, either by myself or someone else. My old pc is bound for the recycling bin and I'm trying to pull the rest of the pics on the pc to put on disc or portable hd.

The computer will start in the safe mode only and that pretty much ends my expertise in data recovery.
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Best way is to take the drive out and use a USB adapter to slave it to another PC. Then you can recover anything that is not corrupted.

Radiant, the same would apply to you. If the drive is slaved, you bypass the password.

Once the data is recovered, you should slick the drive with an overwrite program before you get rid of teh drive. Just erasing or formatting it is not enough.
 
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Radiant1

Radiant1

Soul Probe
GWguy said:
Best way is to take the drive out and use a USB adapter to slave it to another PC. Then you can recover anything that is not corrupted.

Radiant, the same would apply to you. If the drive is slaved, you bypass the password.

Once the data is recovered, you should slick the drive with an overwrite program before you get rid of teh drive. Just erasing or formatting it is not enough.
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Bf did the slave, but my user profile is the admin with the missing pw. He couldn't access my folders nor move them over to the other hd. He said it may be because of connection differences (mine is pata, his is sata or something like that).

So, how does the "special" boot disk work?
 
GWguy

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Radiant1 said:
Bf did the slave, but my user profile is the admin with the missing pw. He couldn't access my folders nor move them over to the other hd. He said it may be because of connection differences (mine is pata, his is sata or something like that).

So, how does the "special" boot disk work?
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Should have worked, unless the slaved disk is from a Win 7 or Vista system. Then the password protection would still hold, but can be over-ridden. You have to select the Properties of the folder(s) to be copied and 'take ownership', then give yourself read permission. Sata/pata should not matter. If you can see the disk and the folders, it's a matter of permissions, not compatibility.

There are ways to create what's called a PE (Predeployment Environment) disk, but it's not something the average user can do. It's an entire bootable XP or Win 7 system on a CD. I use them at the office, but are created by my company with proprietary info, so I couldn't use it at home. I've never tried to create one myself.
 
JoeRider

JoeRider

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Radiant1

Radiant1

Soul Probe
GWguy said:
Should have worked, unless the slaved disk is from a Win 7 or Vista system. Then the password protection would still hold, but can be over-ridden. You have to select the Properties of the folder(s) to be copied and 'take ownership', then give yourself read permission. Sata/pata should not matter. If you can see the disk and the folders, it's a matter of permissions, not compatibility.
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Ok, we'll give it another shot. Thank you GW!! :huggy:
 
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EmptyTimCup

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GWguy said:
There are ways to create what's called a PE (Predeployment Environment) disk, but it's not something the average user can do. It's an entire bootable XP or Win 7 system on a CD. I use them at the office, but are created by my company with proprietary info, so I couldn't use it at home. I've never tried to create one myself.
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if you are a TechNet Supscriber, or have some sort of Volume License Deal with MS, you might have access to

Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset


this stems from Winternals / Systernals - ERD CD - which I used back in the day, now I am legal with MS Technet


the difficult part is getting the proper image for the system you are work in, it will not let you create a bootable iso for a 64 bit system if you are running a 32 bit or Win 7 RTM if you are running a SP 1 system



there are file tools, register editor, a password reset utility
 
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