Forum Discussion

burlmart's avatar
burlmart
Explorer
Jul 20, 2014

No excuses, no backup, but would like to recover HD data

We bought a Dell Inspiron 3520 & Win 8 about 15 months ago at BB. 320Gb hard disk (Samsung SATA) failed. Never had this happen before, so never made the W8 backup disks to get reinstall OS on a ne...
mich800's avatar
mich800
Explorer
Jul 21, 2014
It sounds like you have had something similar tried. But I have had good luck using a SATA to USB to retrieve data from drives that have failed in areas that hold the operating system but otherwise good.

Just use another working computer and navigate to the files you want to recover

About RV Must Haves

Have a product you cannot live without? Share it with the community!8,804 PostsLatest Activity: Jan 05, 2026