Hard drive and broke computer question?!?
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You could do that. Or you could skip the middle steps and just install the new hard drive and OS on his PC then hook up his old hard drive to his PC.\n\nThis isn't a grantee it will work It sounds like there is something wrong with the Master Boot Record on his hard drive.  There are programs available for download that will scan hard drives and fix file system errors.  They usually cost ~ $30 to $80 per copy.\n\nGood Luck
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Use PC Inspetor File Recovery!!!\n\nYou can download it from http://www.downlaod.com
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you should use a laptop coverter to install as a slave on a nother computer.\n\nhttp://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108&cat=HDD\n\nthen you might need a data recovery software. here is a good free one it is called PC Inspector File Recovery\n\nhttp://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html
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try PCinspector file recovery which is free and u could also try handy recovery
847951
majorgeeks website has a few utilities that may help you under their data recovery section.......try it :-)
710505
Your hard drive has failed. Contact a technician.
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QUICKLY SALVAGE THE HARD DRIVE!!!\n\nGO FOR THE HARD DRIVE!!!!!\n\nFASTER!!!!!!
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I'd pull that hard drive, hook it up inside of a desktop computer ($12 adapter needed), and copy off your personal stuff before you restore from disk.\n\nActually, I'm thinking that you could boot up to a boot floppy, then copy that comctl32.dll file (to C:&#92;windows&#92;system32 as I recall?).  I'd also check that hard drive by running scandisk with the /autofix option to make sure the drive is good.  You don't wanna spend 10 hours rebuilding this computer only to have a bad hard drive?  \n\nBetter yet, just go buy a 100-gig drive for $115 at your local computer store, and restore to that.
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download stella data recovery software.it will recover your harddisk data.
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yes you can access the information from a drive that wont boot windows up, but you do require another perfectly fine hard drive to do so,\n\nyou would disconnect the crashed drive, and add it onto the ribbon cable as a "slave" drive, connect another drive to the master ribbon (master and slave are marked on the ribbon cables).\n\ninstall an operating system onto the new drive and boot up the system as per normal, you should then be able to see the crashed drive under explorer\n\nplease note this is only if the operating system is crashed, if there is something more fatal about the disc, then no recovery may be possible.\n\nhope this helps
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I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.\nSome RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in  useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
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Have you got a recovery disk?\n\nIf yes try that.\n\nIf no, seek expert help.\n\n///
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Yes, but if you've already written over the sectors where the data was stored, it's most likely beyond doing it yourself. STOP using the drive immediately and you may still be able to recover some data. There is a free data recovery program called Zero Assumption Recovery that you can try. Another program called Getdataback For NTFS ($100) is a better option than a freeware program.
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Most external hard drives are just an internal ide drive with its own power supply. You should be able to remove the drive, set it as slave and install it in your PC. This is pretty simple. If the drive is still ok, you can then recover the data.
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Assuming it is/was on your harddrive, this should get you started: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=data+recovery  If not, you're out of luck.
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is the drive useable?if so open the case of the pc you are using unplug it first!!!then touch the metal frame to discharge any static then take the old hd and connect it to the new pc make sure to set the jumper to cs or slave this should be on the hd case then just run pc as usual the new (old)hd should now be available to work with,also you can now re formatt it ti use for storage etc.
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don't fragment your hard disk\n\nDownload PC Inspector File Recovery from http://www.pcinspector.de/download.htm\n\nInstall it, follow guidelines