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HOW TO GET DATA OFF YOUR HARD DRIVE When your computer will not boot up or run at all, and you have no back up of your data, there are ways to retrieve your data. COMPUTER WON'T BOOT There are programs that can boot your computer from the floppy drive or the CD drive. If your computer hardware is all good, but windows won't boot the computer, you can probably boot the computer up from the floppy or CD drive.
I have used a programm called "Spotmau Recovery Disk". It is a program that I downloaded from the internet. The computer I was working on would not boot up at all because of a registry error. I didn't want to us the manufacturers recovery disks, because they erase all the data on the hard drive.
The Spotmau program allowed me to run the computer from the CD drive and use a Data Recovery program to copy files from the hard drive to a flash drive. The flash drive plugs into the USB port. A flash drive can be bought at office supply stores and department stores.
Then I transfered the files from the flash drive to the hard drive of another computer.
I couldn't get the registry problem fixed, so I had to run the recovery disks to get the hard drive back to the point where it was when the computer was bought. Then I had to re-install all the software, and copy the files back.
This is all very time consuming, so be prepared for spending a lot of time working on the computer. COMPUTER WILL NOT DO ANYTHING If the computer will not do anything, you will have to remove the hard drive and put it into another computer. It won't even try to boot or you determine there is a hardware problem. DATA WAS DELETED OR OVERWRITTEN There are also programs that will recover deleted files.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe simplest way, is to purchase a ide - usb cable. Ensuring that it has a laptop connector included.
Then, take the drive out of the laptop, plug it into the connector, connect this to a desktop PC, and it will become a'new' hard drive.
From here, you can then transfer any data off the drive onto a desktop drive, usb pen or CD ROM etc.
Hope this helps
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∙ 13y agoUse an application that can display the type of information you want to access.
If it is a written document then a word processor is suitable if it is a database then a database accessor is to be used.
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What stores information on a computer?
Permanant information is stored in hard drives, usb drives, cds, dvds and the temporary information is stored in RAM (Random Access Memory).
How information is stored on a computer?
It is stored on a hard disk drive.
What information in the computer is stored on my magnetic cylinders?
Information is stored in the computer's hard drive, which is a magnetic disk read by lasers.
What type of information is automatically stored on your hard drive?
Basically everything is stored on your hard drive. Hard drives keep all your information from things you want to keep to things the system automatically keeps for you.
What sends a signal to the drive when information stored on the hard drive has been requested?
the controller
How do you run the data on your computer?
Information on a computer is stored in the hard drive. When you turn on your computer it takes information from the hard drive and puts it in the RAM (random access memory). In the RAM information like operating system and programs are run. When you turn off the computer the information in the RAM is either saved back to the hard drive or deleted. (That's the short version)
The monitor records information is it true?
no all information is stored on the hard drive of the coumpter .
The drive on your computer where information is stored?
The drive where your computer stores information permanently is known as a hard disk drive, or HDD for short.
Where would the information needed to start a computer be stored?
Most of the programs and info the CPU and computer uses to Boot are mostly from the Hard Drive. The Hard Drive is mostly where all of the instructions come from.
Whenever information stored on a flash drive is opened does the hard drive automatically store that information from the flash drive?
No If you open a doc from your flash drive in Word (for example) then it will be read into memory but will not be stored on the hard drive, unless you do Save As... and write it out to somewhere on C: (assuming your HDD is C:, most are)
Area of the computer that stores temporary info internally while the computer is on?
the ram memory and the kernel cacheRAM
Will removing my hard drive from the computer delete it?
no, the data stored on the hard drive will remain there. as soon as you connect the hard drive back up to the computer you will once again have full access to it like it was neither touched.
