Computers

[rjb222]

Wow I had a hard drive crash on my lap top took a month to get back up and running. Nothing able to be saved from my old hard drive. I had to search my way back here google works well if you put in the right terms. By the time I got what I wanted to get done and set up it took a while. So how things?

 

[Julie]

Wow that really sucks! But glad to see you.

 

[Runningwolf]

Reading your post at first, I thought it was Wade posting. He's the king of crash and viruses. Glad to see you back on.

 

[Pumpkinman]

rjb222, hopefully you didn't toss your old hard drive, you can purchase a Hard Drive Enclosure (I get them from Newegg.com), you put the crashed hard drive in the enclosure, plug it into your computer with the new hard drive via a USB cable or sata cable and it will show up as an external hard drive, you can then navigate through it and recover files and pictures. I just had to do this to my mothers laptop.

 

[vacuumpumpman]

rjb222, hopefully you didn't toss your old hard drive, you can purchase a Hard Drive Enclosure (I get them from Newegg.com), you put the crashed hard drive in the enclosure, plug it into your computer with the new hard drive via a USB cable or sata cable and it will show up as an external hard drive, you can then navigate through it and recover files and pictures. I just had to do this to my mothers laptop.

Yes I have the same thing it works great for doing an entire virus scan as well !!

 

[vernsgal]

I use a mac so I'm not sure what you guys are talking about

 

[olusteebus]

I did the same thing Pumpkinman. I had to get some software to do it. RecoverData. worth the money. You may not need the software but I did.

 

[GreginND]

It's so much easier to keep a backup of all your files. External hard drives are cheap. I have two - a time machine backup and a drive that is mirrored. If my HD fails I just boot from the external drive until I can get it replaced.

ALWAYS MAKE BACKUPS

 

[dessertmaker]

I use a mac so I'm not sure what you guys are talking about

Funny. 2 of my Macs are having hard drive problems right now.

(The 2 oldest ones that have outlived a good 8 PCs.... So I guess I shouldn't complain?)

 

[rjb222]

Thanks folks. I have the hard drive and a back up of it. now need to get a pro to get my files into the new format. The crash happened the last couple days before I was going to take a level 1 sommelier course and I was emailing here there and every where making final arrangements. I walked into the local Staples and pointed at a new laptop and took it home. I did not look at the operating system it is windows 8 so a lot different to find and import from. I do not mind it now getting better. But my old system was a first addition windows 7 booted up from vista so my files are on office and simply accounting and I am having my own issues getting them into the 2013 copies of those programs. Booked for next week to have that done.

 

[Wade E]

Havent had that problem in quite a long time now Dan, funny, ever since I stopped going on Facebook!!!! HUH