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    Retrieving Data

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by VEGADOG, Jan 21, 2008.

  1. VEGADOG

    VEGADOG Newbie

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    My Inspiron 8100 Will Not Boot So Dell Is Sending Me New Startup Disks To Correct A Software Problem. How Can I Retrieve The Data Off My Old Hard Drive ( Toshiba Hdd2181 20gb)? I Think All Data Will Be Lost If I Use A Recovery Disk To Start My System??????
    Can I Use A Different Laptop And Insert My Disk Drive After The Laptop Is Running? Help......
     
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  2. BlackRussian

    BlackRussian Notebook Deity

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    I swear by this program Partition Recovery v2.0 (c) MeetSoft.
    I have use the all but this is King of the road and fast at that.
    In my case I had a major error on my backup drive 300GB with 200 plus GB of data. Long story short had to format the drive once done after many hours if no days I ended up using the above program and got every file back with no errors.
    1. get a backup drive to copy the data over.
    In your case it might be easier to get a copy of bart boot CD this disc with help you boot into your system and also correct any error on boot sector etc..
     
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