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22nd Jan 2009, 06:09
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A few days ago, my desktop PC broke, I presume with a power supply problem. I bought a new PC as the old one was nearing the end of its usable life span. Unfortunately there were some files on the hard disk that I would like to recover.
If i were to buy an enclosure and convert it in to an external drive, how would I go about recovering the data. Would it work like a plug n play device, or would I need software to access it? Any help would be appreciated |
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22nd Jan 2009, 06:11
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If you just put it in an enclosure it should just be plug and play.
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22nd Jan 2009, 06:13
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So the fact that an OS is installed makes no difference? Would I have to worry about it trying to boot?
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#4
22nd Jan 2009, 06:20
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Your PC won't boot from it unless you tell it to in the BIOS.
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22nd Jan 2009, 06:29
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excellent, thank you very much
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#6
22nd Jan 2009, 06:42
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You're welcome.
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#7
11th Feb 2009, 06:09
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simliar situation as above
this external is from the computer the systemax a782 is replacing. it is a sata drive which means no jumper (that i can find) to change from master to slave...so the only way i seem to be able to use it is to have the external off when i boot the 782 and then turn the external on...after the 782 has stablized...i know i am missing something here...just not sure what. i was hoping someone could shead some light on the subject. i also have two other externals with no issues all on the same hub. is the issue that the external drive has vista 32 operating on it? |
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#8
11th Feb 2009, 06:11
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Please start your own thread.
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