Can I recover data from hard drive in broken PC?

londonman81

My other PC yesterday gave up booting so I am unable to get to the desktop, access files etc.

Is it possible to somehow connect another PC to it and recover the files which are on the HDD of the broken PC?

Or is there any other method to recover files from the broken PC?

Thanks

busenbust

yes, provided the data is uncorrupted, u can use an external hard drive caddy and hook up to another machine. the drive will appear under MY Computer .

HTH

busenbust

something likes this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002GHTJ34/ref=asc_df_B002GHTJ341154552?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&!!!!!googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B002GHTJ34

busenbust

will connect via usb and/or -e-sata


HTH

busenbust

dell.mannn wrote: »

Others i see on Amazon.

yep, just provided one example

londonman81

busenbust wrote: »

will connect via usb and/or -e-sata


HTH

So it should literally just be a case of connecting this to the broken PC (or its HDD?) and then other end connects to a working PC?

busenbust

londonman81 wrote: »

So it should literally just be a case of connecting this to the broken PC (or its HDD?) and then other end connects to a working PC?

take drive out of old machine; whack into the external caddy ; connect caddy to new machine via usb/e-sata.

HTH

busenbust

will/should then be visible under My Computer .

londonman81

busenbust wrote: »

take drive out of old machine; whack into the external caddy ; connect caddy to new machine via usb/e-sata.

HTH

I've never taken a HDD out of a PC - is it a straight-forward thing to do?

busenbust

londonman81 wrote: »

I've never taken a HDD out of a PC - is it a straight-forward thing to do?

yes. either it will be on a rail (latched) or the old machines -- the drive is held by a couple of small philips screws. sometimes, it's best to lower the machine on it side.

spakkker

You may not even need a caddy -if you can take h/d out simply install into 2nd pc same way ,you can use the dvd connections for temp. If it's sharing the same cable as existing h/d you have to set a small connector to slave on the non-boot h/d -if sate no prob.

edit: it's most likely the software not working(windows) rather than broken h/d