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• Access the data on the hard drive

  My hard drive on my laptop failed.  I replaced and reinstalled windows vista, but I could not access any data on the old hard drive.  I was able to install it as a backup of my desktop computer hard drive and I can see the directory structure, however, whenever I try to access the data in My Documents, I get an error G:\users\moe\documents\my is music is not accessible access is denied.  Any ideas how I can access this information, assuming that it is not a physical problem with the hard drive.  I have the password of windows I used to access the computer, but I don't know how to use it since this drive is not the one I am running windows from.  The computer that I use to access the data on the hard drive is on windows XP, if that makes a difference.

  The computer tries to access the old hard drive and the old hard drive are XP.  It is a forum for Vista.  All the procedures I have on this issue are only for Vista.  You should repost your question in the right place.

  Please repost your question in the Forums XP: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsxp where XP experts will be happy to help you to gain access.  I don't know it's just a simple issue of permissions and/or property which can be easily solved with the correct procedures.

  I hope this helps.  If you later need help transfer of data to the Vista machine, then come back here and we will help you.

  Good luck!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• Qosmio G35-650 - do I lose my data on the HARD drive?

  Ok. I tried everything to repair an installation of XP on my Qosmio G35-650.
  The recovery disk was a joke and would not work... I decided to skip all the DMI troublemakers, I read and clean install a copy of XP.

  Put drivers Raid on a diskette and proceeded with the installation. The installer would not install on the boot partition and gave me an error "page_fault. I went into the bios and changed disk to JBOD RAID 0, disk 1 has already been set to JBOD.
  Entered again the program installation and the place where you select the partition to install only a single partition has been demonstrated.

  It wasn't a good thing I backed up all my data from drive C: (disk 0) to drive F: (disc 1).
  I went to the BIOS and reset the drive on Raid 0 and started the installation again.
  Two partitions have been showing this time but 1 disk did not show a drive F: indicator.

  The question. Have I lost all my data on the second drive of 100 GB in the system?
  My F: drive is recoverable?

  Help!

  If you change the RAID settings, it will wipe the data. Generally, all systems RAID wipe data when they are created.

  But you can have a chance to recover most of the data. There are data programs/recovery utilities that analyzes the HARD disk for the file fragments and attempt to recover your files (at least the files that have not yet been overwritten). Google search for "recovery data drive hard format»

  Why don't you use the recovery disk? If the instrument is incorrect, you can simply download a DMI tool to update the name of the product "Qosmio G35" or "Qosmio G30".
  The tool can be found on the site of Toshiba America.

• A satellite will not start - how to back up data from the HARD drive?

  Hello
  My laptop won't turn. How can I take backup of internal hard drive?

  Please read my writing as soon as POSSIBLE

  If you n t have access to your saved data remove the laptop HARD drive, connect it to the other PC as external device and you should have access to all stored data if the HARD drive is not defective.

  What you need is USB 2.0 IDE 2.5 HD enclosure disk hard drive / external case/Box.

• Could not initialize and I need to recover the data on the hard drive.

  Original title: computer MOM will not start and I need to recover the data on the hard drive.

  It's an old computer and I do not know what version of Windows it was running.  I guess I need a bootdisk of exploitation, but where can I download that?  Or would it be easier to pull and make a secondary drive in my computer that I just replaced?  It works under Windows XP.

  Hello

  If the old system does not start could be the hard drive. Put the hard drive in another computer as a 2nd drive and then access the files. If you use a computer XP, Vista or Windows 7, you should be able to access the files, unless the drive has failed.

  You can save your files by putting the drive in another computer as a 2nd drive (better) or a USB external drive case and then save up to removable media such as CD, DVD or other USB drives. Of course a real store of the computer or the manufacturer of your system can help to recover the files.

  Or you can use a boot Ubuntu CD to back up data. (This will not work if the hard disk is defective or other issues preventing the system from booting from the CD/DVD drive.)

  Use Ubuntu Live CD to backup files from your Windows computer dead
  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/use-Ubuntu-Live-CD-to-backup-files-from-your-dead-Windows-computer

  I hope this helps.
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• all my data is all save on the local disk c, how to share the data with the other drive, local drive d.

  all my data records on the local disk c, how to share the data with the other drive, local drive d.

  Hi Jasonbichard,

  1. what type of drive is D? Is - this another partition on the same disk?

  2 Windows operating system you are using?

  You can change the location of the disk to save the data in the d: instead of C: and check if it helps.

  a. navigate to the location (username) C:\Users\.
  b. right click on the folder that you want to change the location, and then select Properties.
  c. click on the location tab and change the location to D: drive.

  d. click on apply and Ok.

• Satellite P200-1EE Possible to recover data on the HARD drive by placing it in an envelope?

  P200-1EE does not start after 2 weeks off is the case during a fan installation. Is it possible to remove the hard drive, put it in an enclosure and retrieve the data it contains on another PC? Or can anyone recommend how to recover data from the comfort of my own home?

  Thanks for your help

  I would say that your installation of fan caused this problem in the first place. I would check your installation for loose connectors, cards not seated properly, no fan or heatsinks screws tight etc..

  Everything you did everything by installing the new fan plugged the laptop. The hard disk, in my opinion, is perfectly fine. There is nothing wrong with it.

  Put the suspect hard drive in an enclosed and try to access the data on another PC. You will encounter problems with administrator access to certain folders so you will need to find a way to crack in these areas.

  If you had problems in the first place you probably should have this return to the place of purchase for them to watch.

  I hope that for your sake you have not turned into a frisbee.

  Good luck.

• Satellite A210: Fact of recovery - lack of data on the E drive

  My laptop is Toshiba Satellite A210.
  Through training the sales package is a system recovery with factory settings.
  Now a Virgin pure hate, or even delete what was NOT on the system drive.

  I tried to restore the information through various programs (R-Studio, FileRecovery, etc.). I found the files, but an attempt to restore grants that size 0 bytes.
  I cry and I m very sad.

  How to return information from the E drive?
  Windows Vista Home Premium operating system.

  Hello

  Using the recovery DVD everything will be deleted from the HARD drive.
  And if I say everything I mean everything. All partitions, the data, the files will be deleted.

  Sorry, but I don t think you will be able to restore files deleted using common software
  Perhaps a specialist would be able to restore it but it s always about money, you know I think that this rescue procedure is not cheap.

• Need to retrieve the BONES but do not have the habit of losing data on the HARD drive

  Dear all!

  For long time now, I tried to disable a Trojan horse or a worm, on my Windows XP Home (Home!) i.e. get rid of the cftmon_.exe, when I decided to follow the instructions from Symantec and pieces manually deleted from the register, I guess she was part USERINIT (turn off the system before restore and put on after the deletion).

  It can be as well as I did not right, something after the fact that I have would be to end the session at the time the logon process has started. This is relatively known issue here, with different options.

  -J' need to keep the data on two HARD drives.
  -I have no other partitions.
  -I don't know what I've got on one of them, which I could use to free space Recovery Expert mode.

  a. the fact that I want to take the option with Toshiba, which is Expert mode (http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2513&tstart=125) as a last recovery, DVDs on

  b. I have trouble with the installation of the Recovery Console (with Windows XP (Professional!) original CD, 'R' for 'fix), but I would get the message "Setup has not found hard disk units installed in your computer"...
  I understand that I would need to install the driver RAID (http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=20093&messageID=73758) but I'm afraid that this may delete the data on the disc.

  My questions are the following:

  1 install the RAID driver (downloaded from the Toshiba off site web http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/updates/raid-drv/raid-drv-qog20-xp-1380.zip and installed on the floppy drive I guess) so we hope to install the Recovery Console, and do the rest of the work, make data disappear my 2 (remove) HARD drives?

  2. If I use Toshiba Recovery DVD, Expert mode that is finally what is the size of partition should be recorded for the mirror on the half vacuum 1.HDD?, should I partition 2 HDD, after it backup and count data will be lost? Choose any setings special during the process, apart from those mentioned in the link above? What should I do after wards? The registry damaged when you logged in and how can I build? I will be able to use personal and archive data from Microsoft Outlook?

  3. is there a alternative with UBCD4Win and UBCD? What is the best? What is the procedure of after the start of the CD after reboot? How to copy/repair the userinit files?

  I'm sorry for the load of information, but I am pretty stuck. All the necessary data for my normal life are buried here!

  A big thank you JohnnyS, tw, Quad, Eldorado and many others!

  See you soon!

  Hi friend

  I would like to respond on comments like yours, it s a good exercise for my work and my s really cool to have a few topics which will help all the people here.

  JohnnyS is a friend of mine who works with me at our office and we talked a bit about your problem.
  If his opinion is to use the UBCD4Win and work with this option.

  The advice from him were:

  Take a USB - HDD enclosure and put a disk in it and start with UBCD4Win. Copy any important data in a folder on the external HARD drive, then remove the uneeded data on this subject. Only important data!
  Make a backup of your data on the external hard drive for two HDD´s I hope that you have enough free space.

  Format the drive in your machine and get it back. Install the system as usual on your first HARD drive.
  Then put the data anywhere.

  So I don't know if I have it just ask, a little more explanation would be useful. I think that this is a long thread. ;)

  Welcome them

• Satellite L300-110 - how to recover without losing any data on the HARD drive?

  Hi all
  I have a Toshiba Satellite L300-110

  The question is how can I recover my laptop with the recovery DVD without losing all the data located in the hard drive?

  I confirm the information published by Luke.
  The HARD drive and all other partitions should be formatted using the recovery disk.
  Why? The recovery disc sets the laptop to factory settings and to this end, the HARD drive must be formatted first.

  That is why it s is strongly recommended to back up the data if you want to use the recovery disk.

  See you soon

• The computer hangs when copying the data on the hard drive

  * Problem *:

  My computer freezes whenever I have transfer large amounts_ of the data on the disc from my computer. * It doesn't have this problem with my C drive *.

  First detected this problem while I was transferring some data in LAN. This problem occurs even when I copy data to my C drive to the D drive.

  Action taken:

  -Performed a full scan of my computer, found some viruses, but the problem persists
  -Do you have a check disk via Windows, as well as the TuneUp utility, no problem.

  Data sheet:
  OS: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit
  Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo t7200 @ 2.00GHz
  RAM: 1 GB DDR2 - SDRAM
  Hard drive: TOSHIBA MK1234GSX ATA Device(120GB)
  No partitions: 2

  Hello

  It of difficult to say what might be wrong here but if the question appears only using the second partition, then I recommend to check the State of the HARD drive.
  I use a very good freeware tool called Drive Fitness Test.
  Use google to download this software.

  It creates a boot disk that allows you to test the drive HARD and of course the two partitions.
  If the error would be detected, then it means that the HARD drive failure could be the reason for this

• Need help to replace a physically C drive on several computer disks. I can't LOOSE the data on the secondary drive.

  I got 2 hard drives, a small disc with XP Pro and a big drive for storage and memory intensive programs. The disc is dead - physically (he's grinding wheels), not because of software problems. I managed to boot from the XP disk and copied as much as possible on an external drive to install on a new hard drive. Externally will not take the backup file. After that I restarted depui the XP disc, my secondary drive is no longer recognized. I copy the contents of the C drive on an external drive. Here are my questions:
  1. can I ghost the info on a new hard drive and skip the installation? Reason I have CS3 on drive F, but it components installed on the C drive (where CS2 was before I upgraded). I do not have my Adobe CS3 here records because it allowed multi, and my records are currently out of State with the other licensee.
  2. If I install the new disk, starting from the old drive with XP disc, can I ghost? (I have a tour customized for several readers) When I started the drive C before - he tried to install on my F drive. I have not installed (I can't lose the files on drive F), and now the computer does not recognize the drive. I bought a Seagate drive and they have great software for installation - so I'd like to ghost it. The XP disk reduced to nothing the new drive hard as he did the F drive?
  and finally, question 3. When the new drive, I get up and running, can I sign out the F drive, plug it back and Windows will see it? CS3 & Quark will still work if I have to do a fresh install?

  1. can I ghost the info on a new hard drive and skip the installation? Reason I have CS3 on drive F, but it components installed on the C drive (where CS2 was before I upgraded). I do not have my Adobe CS3 here records because it allowed multi, and my records are currently out of State with the other licensee.

  2. If I install the new disk, starting from the old drive with XP disc, can I ghost? (I have a tour customized for several readers) When I started the drive C before - he tried to install on my F drive. I have not installed (I can't lose the files on drive F), and now the computer does not recognize the drive. I bought a Seagate drive and they have great software for installation - so I'd like to ghost it. The XP disk reduced to nothing the new drive hard as he did the F drive?
  and finally, question

  3. when the new drive, I get up and running, can I sign out the F drive, plug it back and Windows will see it? CS3 & Quark will still work if I have to do a fresh install?

  Hi jdohugh,

  Thanks for posting. If I read your post correctly your hard drive with your operating system on it died, so you lost your operating system and do not have to reinstall but you try to get down the important data before the reinstall.

  1 Q: can I ghost the info on a new hard drive and skip the installation? Reason I have CS3 on drive F, but it components installed on the C drive (where CS2 was before I upgraded). I do not have my Adobe CS3 here records because it allowed multi, and my records are currently out of State with the other licensee.

  A. Si your drive with your operating system does not work, I do not think you can ghost it and reinstall as the image would not work. With Adobe CS3 disks, you will need to contact Adobe and get them to perform the installation of additional supports. Simply copy the files likely will not work to reisntall the application.

  2. Q. If I install the new disk, starting from the old drive with XP disc, can I ghost? (I have a tour customized for several readers) When I started the drive C before - he tried to install on my F drive. I have not installed (I can't lose the files on drive F), and now the computer does not recognize the drive. I bought a Seagate drive and they have great software for installation - so I'd like to ghost it. The XP disk reduced to nothing the new drive hard as he did the F drive?

  A: as I said in question 1 if your operating system drive does not an image would most likely fail or be corrupt. If read correctly the other part of the question you the system tried to start installation on your f:\ that matches your drive program and now you cannot access the files on it? With the last part of this question, you will need to contact Seagate to see what makes their software, I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish by using.

  3. Q. When the new drive, I get up and running, can I sign out the F drive, plug it back and Windows will see it? CS3 & Quark will still work if I have to do a fresh install?
       
  A. Si you reconnect an extra drive to XP, the operating system should see it regardless of what it was connected to previously. With regard to your programs, if it is a new operating system you load then Yes, you will need to reinstall these applications on the operating system, and they should work with no problems provided that the drive is working correctly.

  I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any additional questions.
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• I want to recover the data on the hard drive using a laptop as a hard drive.

  Original title: Using a laptop as a hard drive...

  On a MAC, I can plug my laptop into my office with a firewire port to access the hard drive on the laptop without the OS being ran on the laptop.  Windows Vista has such a thing?  If so, how do you go?  The hard drive on my Windows laptop fails and we want to try and recover the data, by hooking it to a desktop as shown above with the MACs.

  Thank you in advance!

  Hello

  "There is no way to access the hard drive when there is no operating system and if the hard drive is connected terribly."

  However, you can remove the hard drive from the laptop and connect it to the office with a case of hard disk that comes with the USB cable.

  Reference:

  Space to grow:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/room-to-grow-get-more-space-by-using-external-hard-disk-drives

• Is it a up date of the device driver to Windows 8 for the second of Audiotrak Midi

  Have successfully used Midi Mate with my digital piano and Sibelius 5.2, but has new laptop Windows 8 and although it recognizes the device it shows a problem and will not work. have you tried the troubleshooting, but it cannot remedy. The problem, it was not until the date of the driver available? (Ads seem to indicate that they can be purchased)

  It says here http://www.esi-audio.com/products/midimate2/> it is supported natively in Win8 with no additional drivers. You can see the FAQ section for possible solutions.

  Have you tried different USB ports?

  What error messages are you getting? Have you looked in the Device Manager to see if he demonstrated a "!" sign next to it? Have you tried "Update drivers" in the Device Manager? Have you looked into the event logs for maybe a little more details on the error messages?

  SC Tom

• Question about deleting data from the HARD drive

  Hello

  The C drive on my computer satellite phone is almost full, 1.21 Gb free of 55.7 and drive E has 10.9 GB 36 GB free. How can I solve this problem. I am not concerned by what is deleted. It can go if you have to.

  Slowing down the laptop down to something serious.

  Any help would be great.

  Hello

  It seems that drive E has little more free space
  So, you can move some files like photos, movies, files pm3 or any that you have stored on the partition, the partition E.

  You can also reduce the E partition and can add free space on the C partition.
  To do this, you must use a 3rd party software
  I recommend using a freeware tool called * Gparted.*

  How to get it? Google is your friend ;)