Hi Murraymccourt,
Install the old hard drive into another computer as slave.If it shows up in 'My Computer' as a drive letter(like E: drive) but you can't access it,you can recover data on it with a data recovery program to avoid losing them.I have succeed with Tenorshare
data recovery. It can recover data after deeply scanning your hard drive to look for lost data due to drives crash, physical damage etc.You can get it here:
http://www.any-data-recovery.com If the hard drive can't be detected,you can try this way.Put the hdd in a zip-lock bag and put it in the freezer overnight. Then while it's still cold plug it into the computer and you may be able to view it in 'my computer'. And run the recovery program to recover your data on it.
If it fails, you will have to go to a recovery office but let's hope not because it will cost you a lot of money and whether they can recover the data or not is not guarantee.
I think this article will help.
How To
Recover Lost Data From Crashed Hard Drive?
http://tenorsharedatarecovery.blogspot.com/how-to-recover-lost-data-from-crashed.htmlGood Luck!
Last edited by Ryan123 on 1st June 2011, 6:40 am; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : 63577)
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