Hello, so I have put my self in a pickle. I used a hdd from a old laptop (Windows 7) as an external memory drive to save and back up lots of files. I was bored so I fixed the old laptop and tried putting the original hdd back. There was issues right away so the laptop tried to fix disk errors without affecting files. This led to not able to boot up anymore. I removed the hdd and plugged it via usb into my current laptop (Windows 10). All the files that were added externally are gone. Still contains files from original laptop. Is there any chance those files are still somewhere ? Any advice on how to recover them? I have looked at some software recovery programs like Testdisk, but I rather get some advice before I start attempting things.
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recovering data from HDD
- Thread starter amesano0
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I'll start by saying that there's an excellent chance that you are now in a world of hurt if those files were important.
I'd be starting with a recovery program like Recuva.
be aware, a deep scan can take many hours and file recover is by no means guaranteed, even without disk usage, and yours has had a lot - a lot!
but it's one of those things you have to suck and see to find how it goes.
I'd be starting with a recovery program like Recuva.
be aware, a deep scan can take many hours and file recover is by no means guaranteed, even without disk usage, and yours has had a lot - a lot!
but it's one of those things you have to suck and see to find how it goes.
So you had a windows 7 disc you used as a external disc to add files to, then tried to boot to it again, and when it wouldn't tried to repair the Windows files. I reckon your files are pretty well gone. Maybe you could try hooking the drive externally to a pc and boot that pc with a live Linux distro. Linux can often see files that Windows has difficulty with.
Not the time to lecture you, BUT
Sorry but you have just learned a valuable lesson in backing up data. With such a large choice of free backup apps available there is no reason not to protect your data.
Data not backed up is data you don't care about.
Not the time to lecture you, BUT
Sorry but you have just learned a valuable lesson in backing up data. With such a large choice of free backup apps available there is no reason not to protect your data.
Data not backed up is data you don't care about.
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