Answer by Dave Davis for Accessing laptop's hard drive when OS won't boot
Try putting the drive in a freezer. I had a laptop hard drive that stopped working - it would not boot. I put it in the freezer and it worked for about 20 minutes and I got some of my data off. After...
View ArticleAnswer by raghu for Accessing laptop's hard drive when OS won't boot
Make a live USB drive of Puppy Linux Slacko (115 MB). It will boot even if your screen is not working and your harddisks are corrupt or missing, and requires only 30 MB of RAM. Just boot from the USB...
View ArticleAnswer by user541686 for Accessing laptop's hard drive when OS won't boot
How about just booting with a Windows DVD itself, and copying files that way? (No need to install!)You can just run the command prompt, open Notepad, and use the File->Open dialog to copy/paste...
View ArticleAnswer by Matt for Accessing laptop's hard drive when OS won't boot
I recommend downloading Parted Magic (A live cd for data recovery). It is very handy and the download is small. Just burn to a cd and boot from it.
View ArticleAnswer by CORE for Accessing laptop's hard drive when OS won't boot
Boot up from a USB flash drive, then try and access the internal HDD. Another thing you could do is take out the internal and use a USB SATA Adapter with it on a different machine.As a last resort...
View ArticleAnswer by Tim Brigham for Accessing laptop's hard drive when OS won't boot
There are two main methods:Pull the drive out and install in another location (USB enclosure, etc).boot your system using a Live CD, e.g. Knoppix. If you want to go the pull drive route this is a very...
View ArticleAccessing laptop's hard drive when OS won't boot
What is the best way to access a laptop's hard drive to recover data (assuming there is still intact data) when the OS (Windows XP) won't boot?EDIT: I've tried booting from a disc, but that failed as...
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