Recovering Data from old hdd as a slave

[Aerowrastlerisu]

My parents computer just crashed (I beleive for the last time), The hard drive has a partition with windows 98 SE on it. The windows boot files have become corrupted. I attached the drive to my computer which runs XP Pro, it reads the drive and the partition, but I cannot acess any of the files. Is there any way to get them and transfer between drives?

Thanks

 

[SkipCox]

Will it try to boot at all in your parents' machine? How far will it get? Will the 98se machine "see" the drive?
Can you boot with a boot disk and switch to the hdd?

What I'm getting at is to try "fdisk /mbr" in an attempt to recover the boot record but I sure need more info to help ya much.

Skip

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[wolluf]

it reads the drive and the partition, but I cannot acess any of the files

can you explain this a bit more please? Does the drive appear in explorer? If so, does it list files and folders on it? What form does the inability to access it take?

 

[rvnguy]

As I read your post... you have attached this HD to your XP machine as a slave unit.

This might assist you in accessing the files:

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421

I Hope this Helps

rvnguy
"I know everything..I just can't remember it all

 

[Aerowrastlerisu]

Sorry I am so slow getting back, internet here sux. Anyway, I figured out the problem late last night. My dad was using GoBack, once I managed to disable that I was fine.

Thanks for your help

 

[daveoasis]

Here is a powerful tip.

Instead of just doing backups as a preventative measure, get another HD immediately & clone the drive. Then put into a bank vault. If your primary drive ever fails, you can put this one back in & be up & running in minutes.

You can keep a spare drive around the house also in a small safe. Be sure to clone your drive from time to time.

Be sure you have done Windows Updates, Antivirus, Antispyware, etc. - so the drive is "pristine". Then clone the drive. Excellent vendor for Acronis software:

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