Retrieving lost pictures???
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โSep-25-2013 02:14 PM
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โSep-25-2013 09:53 PM
Gdetrailer wrote:1492 wrote:tplife wrote:
Remove the hard drive from the laptop, change its pins to make it a slave drive. Plug this into a PC and explore the new slave drive for your photos. Download them into the PC hard drive, then change the pins on the slave back to master and re-install into the laptop.
It would have to be an old laptop if it had a PATA drive? SATA doesn't doesn't require any master/slave configuration.
LAPTOP PATA (parallel ATA or Parallel IDE) drives DO NOT have any Master/Slave drive configuration jumpers that I know of. Everyone of the PATA laptop drives I have ever had my hands on only have the interface/power connection...
Most 2.5" PATA HDs for laptops are set to a cable select type of configuration to identify between Master/Slave, based on cable channel. Though its possible to have more than one HD in a laptop, I've never come across one with PATA drives. Not unheard of with SATA drives, as some either forgo or remove the DVD drive in favor of a second SATA storage drive. Many times using an SSD for the OS drive, and a second SATA HD for data. But, still not very common.
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โSep-25-2013 09:09 PM
put it in an adapter case and my win 8 laptop, accesses it with no problem
just cannot access the boot sectors
all programs folders , documents, and photo files are available
but of course there was nothing wrong with the drive
the CPU on my old laptop was flaky
But I Can Not understand it for you !
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โSep-25-2013 06:54 PM
1492 wrote:tplife wrote:
Remove the hard drive from the laptop, change its pins to make it a slave drive. Plug this into a PC and explore the new slave drive for your photos. Download them into the PC hard drive, then change the pins on the slave back to master and re-install into the laptop.
It would have to be an old laptop if it had a PATA drive? SATA doesn't doesn't require any master/slave configuration.
LAPTOP PATA (parallel ATA or Parallel IDE) drives DO NOT have any Master/Slave drive configuration jumpers that I know of. Everyone of the PATA laptop drives I have ever had my hands on only have the interface/power connection...
Besides plugging a drive directly into a PCs internal drive port is so 1990s. You can BUY a USB to hard drive "cable" adapter for less than $10 now days. This allows you to be able to plug a drive into a USB and NEVER have to crack open the PC case. Works great especially if you only have another laptop to work with.
Totally avoids a few other issues like WINDOWS detecting another BOOTABLE drive WHILE THE PC IS BOOTING.
Newer versions of Windows starting with Win7 WILL AUTOMATICALLY DISABLE any and all drives it discovers which have a ACTIVE BOOTABLE PARTITION. In fact Win7 may even detect the active partition on the USB drive and disable it too so, this is no longer a reliable way to fix or find lost files (or even copy files from an old PC). It is difficult to force Win7 to allow you access when it marks a drive as conflicting... :M
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โSep-25-2013 05:07 PM
tplife wrote:
Remove the hard drive from the laptop, change its pins to make it a slave drive. Plug this into a PC and explore the new slave drive for your photos. Download them into the PC hard drive, then change the pins on the slave back to master and re-install into the laptop.
It would have to be an old laptop if it had a PATA drive? SATA doesn't doesn't require any master/slave configuration.
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โSep-25-2013 03:57 PM
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โSep-25-2013 03:52 PM
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โSep-25-2013 03:19 PM
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โSep-25-2013 03:17 PM
Try using this free utility Recuva. Another free recovery utility to try is Puran File Recovery.
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โSep-25-2013 03:10 PM
Ezbagr wrote:
Awhile back my laptop took a******and I had to do a system restore and in the process I lost alot of pictures. As I understand the pictures are still on the hard drive. Does anyone know of a way to get them back?
Depends on the "type" of system restore that has been done.
If it was system restore from Windows System restore which basically only restores some files you "might" have a chance.
If it was a restore from scratch or your manufacturers "recovery" process then all bets are off due to your files potentially being partially or fully overwritten.
You can try UNDELETE360 to see if you can "recover" any of your old files.
UNDELETE360 LINK
I have used this utility to recover accidentally formatted SD memory cards. Works best if you have NOT added any NEW FILES since adding new files can overwrite the "deleted" or "formatted" drives.
In the future, it is a very wise plan to BACKUP ALL of your "important" files like photos on a SEPARATE drive or media. External USB HDs are extremely cheap now days and should be a must have for anyone who has a computer...
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โSep-25-2013 02:51 PM
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โSep-25-2013 02:33 PM
has been lost, because the space where they were has been written over by new data
this kind of attempt has too be done by special software 'immediately' after the event
if the drive was removed and sent to a 'data recovery center'
some of the pictures 'might' be retrieved, but the process is costly and there is a good chance tne results would be less than stellar
But I Can Not understand it for you !
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