I have two hard disks with digital photos in them. They may have been shaken at transport.  My motherboard cannot even recognize them at bios setup.  How do I recover all that photos?
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If the BIOS is not recognizing them, there may be physical damage to the drives, requiring the use of a data recovery service.  One service that is not very expensive, but has a good reputation, is Gillware.\n\nA few things to check (though I'd recommend not powering the drives on and off repeatedly, as this will increase any physical damage) - do you hear any noise (clicking) coming from the drive(s)?   Can you feel the drives spin up when you power on the PC?  I'd check these all at once, with the case of the PC open, to get a better idea of the problem.  \n\nOne other thing - you mentioned the PC was transported - before jumping to conclusions, check the data and power connections to the drives, and the data connection to the motherboard - you may simply have loose cables.
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use "DiskInternals Undelete" to recover the lost data to another proper drive, then you can reformat the c: drive and the it should work fine.. install windows then copy the recovered data back to the formatted drive
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First and foremost, you need to pull your old hard drive and destroy it!  Next depending on what got fried in your computer, if it was just the power supply, you might be able to salvage the memory modules.  But if the computer is more than three years old.  It will not be worth it.  Just make sure you remove and destroy the old hard drive hit it with a hammer, until it is broken up!  Anyone with a knowledge of operating systems can retrieve your bank account numbers, credit card numbers and login password from old hard drive!
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See if you can find a Recovery CD or the Actual Operating System CD. Use which ever one you have. \n\nIf you don't have the CD's then I guess you could use Windows System Restore.
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Remove it from Bios and try, not so sure it'll work, cos drive B is reserved for secondary Floppy Disk Drive.\n\nGood Luck :)
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If you are using windows XP like most people.\n\ngo to \nPrograms -> Accessories -> System tools -> System Restore\n\nWindows will guide you from there
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Hope's not lost, just get a disk recovery tool and there you go. yOU CAN GET IT FROM HERE: http://www.download.com/Recover-My-Files-Data-Recovery/3000-2248_4-10542385.html
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that depends on if it is the same brand of computer and memory.. you have to find out specs first then move ahead...\n\nRam does not hold the info .. its the hard drive that does that.. if that is what was fried as you put it theni dont think you can do anything about it I am sorry
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Re-boot and go into the Bios and see if they are being recognized there.  If not, try a different power connector from the power supply. It sounds like the drives aren't even getting power. It's hard to believe both drives could go bad at once.  Even if the IDE Controller went bad, the drive tray will still open as long as it's getting power.
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cycle the power on your PC, make sure no floppy or CD is in the drives.  If that does not work, turn off teh machine, unplug it and open the case. Make sure the HDD is plugged in and has power. While in there, remove the RAM and the reinstall. Plug it back in and restart the box. If that still does not work, you may have a corrupted OS and will have to reinstall the operating system. Before you do that, keep in mind that it will whipe your drive of all DATA. You can try a RESTORE, before a reinstall. If you have another HDD, or are afraid you will loose DATA, spend $100 and buy a new HDD. Install it and load the OS. Then slave your old drive and pull your DATA off it onto the new drive. I hope that helps.
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Almost any file can be restored. Try searching Yahoo! or Google for "Download Free Data Recovery Software" (without quotes) or go here http://www.soft32.com/download_7508.html\n\nSearch for part of the subject and it should come up eventually
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Contact your local computer shop and ask them to do data recovery. It'll probably cost you over $100. We do it for about $20, but unless you happen to be in Madison, WI, I can't really help you.
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You might be able to restore to a previous running image.  While booting, press F8 until you get a black & white Windows selection menu.  Look for the Restore to last running image (or something like it).  If you're lucky, you're done.\n\nOtherwise, the BIOS might not be set up to allow booting from CD.  Resart your PC and look for a text that tells you the key to press to enter BIOS set up (it changes from system to system, some use the Esc, Del or one of The Fnn keys).  Navigate the menus to find boot order options.  Make sure CD booting precedes hard disk booting.  Exit and try booting from the CD.\n\nGood luck.
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There are programs that will do this, but no program guarantees that all data will be rescued.  For more serious stuff there are companies that will seriously rescue a hard drive.  We're talking if you backed over the laptop with an SUV.  They charge by the hour so your data better be worth it.\n\nI too have lost a lot of data, but most of the stuff can be re-found on the net, and some of the documents I made were so small in size that I was able to retype them.  As far as rescuing porn, I've lost that too, but there's so much out there.  Besides, when was the last time you looked at all those files anyway, aside from a few favorites?
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if it doesn't recognize in the bios, the board is bad, probably overheating and causing the drive to shut down, you can send it in tpthe rpair station, and pay more than a new one, or just get a new one, if there is data on it you need, you can get a new drive and install your windows and programs on it as a master, put the other one in the freezer in a ziplock bag overnight, take it out, install it as a slave, and get as much off as you can beffore it fails again, maybe. If the bios doesn't recognize it all, you might could buy  a broken one o nebay to get the circuit card off of it, hust make sure it is a motor or disk problem on the one you get, that is has a good board, and the models numbers have to match
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First you should check what are the files in good condition on your hard disk.\nconnect your hard disk having data to be recovered as a slave disk, (taking out the tiny plastic connector inserted above the pins behind the hard disk, and then connecting the hard disk to a slot available in the computer will automatically configure it as a slave disk) Then you have to see if it is recognized in the bios. If you are able to connect the hard disk as a slave disk, then you willl see C,D,E,F etc partitions on the computer. They are mixed. C belongs to one hard disk, and D to other. So you have to open the partition to identify which hard disk it belongs to)\n\nCheck all the partitions and then copy any data found immediately on cd/dvd. \n\nIf you do not find what you were looking for on the hard disk, the you can try it with a file recovery software.\nBelow is a link of free file recovery software. You have to install it on a different hard disk having windows, (Do not install the software/any software on the same hard disk that you want to recover data from. Installation of a new program will wipe out previous data present on the  hard disk)\nand \nInstructions of use are given in the help files with the programs.\nFree file recovery software PC Inspector\nhttp://download.pcinspector.de/pci_filerecovery.exe\n\nOnce you run the program to check for lost files on the disk you specify. \nYou will see a list of files on the screen. All the files will have lost their names, and given arbitrary names with numbers. You have to identify the file that you want to get back by its file extension. If you want to get back a photo, then look for files with extensions bmp,jpg/jpeg,tiff,gif etc. \nOnce you locate the file then you can click on it and press the appropriate button to retrieve it back to your desktop.\n\n(Read the help files provided with the pc-inspector program)
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If nothing can read it you would have to use an advanced program that uses bit stream copying to get the information back. Through any normal means the hard drive is dead and all information is lost. If it is imparative that you get the information off of it take it to a computer repair shop and ask them to retrieve whatever data they can. If it is not important to save the data that was on there you will need to buy a new drive and set up your computer again. Hope this helps.