data retrieval

I have a question. One related to hard drives, multiple windows os', and BIOS. I wont waste time. Here's my question. I have save data on my old hard drive (disk) that I need to retrieve that is in the Windows7 "My documents recognized by Windows 8.1 (Windows 8.1 is on my new SSD). I am...

I had to clean install yesterday and rightfully so, i lost all of my date from drive (D). Now, i would like to know how to recover any of this data after formatting? (How do i make my internal HDD become a slave and therefore readable and able to recover data?)

I know the basic idea of what they do, but specifically, when they say that all non-Metro apps will be removed, does that also mean that the installation folders will be deleted, or does it just remove the installation registry keys? I'm planning to reset Windows, and then use the installation...

I would like to Querying the Index Programmatically (Windows) and I found this link that shows several ways to do it. Basically, I have hundreds of ten-digit numbers and about 300 excel documents. I want to know which documents contain which numbers. I don't care if the output goes to a terminal...

I have a locked folder that shows as empty even thouproperties shows that the folder contains over 1 MB. How can I unlock this folder and get mypictures back?

"External hard drive can not find system image" Windows 7, 64 bit. I need to restore my computer from the system image made with windows 7 backup on my external hard drive (WD). When I go through the process I get the message "can not find system image" and I am given the options to install...

I'm trying to use the migrecover.exe to extract the data from a Windows Easy Transfer archive I created since using WET will not open it(Microsoft really screwed the pooch on this one uhh!). I enter the correct syntax into the command prompt and it returns "Extracting files. 100% completed...

Hi I've taken the HDD out of an old iMac and put it in a USB caddy. I use HFS Explorer to access it from my work XP laptop and can retrieve files off it easily. I've bought a new Windows 7 desktop and want to do the same thing, however when I plug it in it's not recognised in Explorer. I go to...

Just had a new computer made up using Windows 64bit OS. I installed the old disc drive from my failing old computer as a slave drive, which I was using XP on a 32bit system expecting it was going to be easy to retieve all my data files. What a mistake that is turning out to be !!! Does anyone...

Taking user feedback about the application into consideration, it’s time to make some improvements! J Here are some of the reports we got from the users: The application is too slow when exchanging currencies It uses too much data traffic/should cache the exchange rates It doesn’t work for some...

Hi all! Im not really good at VC++ but does anyone have a sample code to get the rotation speed of disk in a computer. I have been working on detecting SSD drives and one solution from researching all day was to get the rotation speed and since SSD have 0 rpm this might be the only way to detect...

My brother accidentally put some folders in the found.000 folder. I dont know why he did that. All the folders contain pictures, games and movies. But when i tried to copy the folders back to their original places it says "cannot create or replace xxxx: Access is denied. Make sure the disc is...

I got a friend who apparently downloaded a Virus on his computer, and now his computer wont load past th BIOS /POST (power on system test) screen….. I was thinking… just get a Live Linux/Ubuntu CD, using that and retrieve whatever important he has saved on his HDD… and then re-install WIN_Vista...

Hi guys, I recently acquired a virus on my system which has made my user profile disappear (when clicking on Windows Explorer then C: and then finally 'Users' folder. All of the data is still on the drive as it is as full as it was before). I am running Windows 7 and got around this...

Ive just finally upgraded from a BETA build of 64bit Windows 7 to the Final of the 32bit version, the reason I went 32bit was there were too many driver problems on the 64 bit (our printer doesnt have 64 bit drivers for instance) so I decided to use the 'Easy Transfer' wizard BAD move.. because...

I just got Windows 7 last night from the Houseparty as I am a host, I installed it last night as well and attempted to get it all back to normal. Everything flows beautifully except one snag, my music. I do have 3 different hard drives (one 1TB, 1 250gig, and 1 80gig) all of my music is stored...

I installed MOZY FREE Backup software on my computer by following their instructions. After installation, my computer kept freezing and then I got the Windows Blue Screen of Death! Basically, MOZY FREE Backup CRASHED my computer. I could not even do a system restore. I had to restore my...

Im new to W7, installed it yesterday. As I was sick and tired of my computer and how slow it has been recently I decided to do a completely fresh install. Halfway through I realise that I didnt back up my emails in my outlook! Is there any way these can be retrieved from windows.old?

Windows7 RC Ubuntu linux 9.04 ext3fsd 0.46 I have used ext2fsd to assign drive letter and give windows the ability to display/change files in windows XP and Windows7 beta with no problem but in Windows 7RC it shows drives but when I try to look at files it says folder is empty. Does anyone...

On my Vista system, I was able to download the NT-Restore utility from Microsoft to read these files. I need to bring back some files from my dead XP system! :( On my current Windows 7... 64-bit installation (build 7000 at this point), this utility (the 64-bit file from Microsoft) will not...