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Very poorly laptop
25-09-2009 7:41 PM
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So took it to
I decided to not get this fixed but since I have had it just over 4 years [since in fact my Packard Bell Desktop hard drive died after 2 yrs!] thought I would like a new laptop that had a better spec nowadays. Not sure what to get - comtemplating a £400 Acer or going mad and getting an Apple!
My friend who has an Apple has kindly lent me this Acer for the time being.
However, whatever I get I have one major problem. I have not backed up on to flash drive for some months [naughty - yes, I know - it is sometyhing I kept meaning to do!!] and the PC Man said that he was not able to retrieve anything from hard disk?
Is there a way I can get the data off the disk if it s broken?
Any advice very very very welcome.......................
Re: Very poorly laptop
25-09-2009 7:47 PM
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try booting a linux and see if you can mount the hard drive ... if so, you ought to be able to suck data off it easily
Re: Very poorly laptop
25-09-2009 8:17 PM
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Quote from: paulh try booting a linux and see if you can mount the hard drive ... if so, you ought to be able to suck data off it easily
thankyou but sorry can you put that in English please [like how do you "mount" hard drive!]
Re: Very poorly laptop
25-09-2009 8:38 PM
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Burn the .iso file to CD in the appropriate format - not as a data file etc.
Boot this CD on the laptop.
(Suggest you use CD rewritable).
If it works, await further instructions.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: Very poorly laptop
25-09-2009 9:00 PM
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I have several here so can try later. Presumably you just boot into Ubuntu, select System and the documents should be visible? Not sure about the emails though.
Re: Very poorly laptop
25-09-2009 9:39 PM
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i haven't heard anything further, so i surmise that they probably succeeded.
jmdlp, if you have a desktop computer, you could take the drive out of the laptop and put it into a 2.5" caddy. these are cheaply available on ebay and can be a handy way of rescuing files and making backups.
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25-09-2009 9:45 PM
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Re: Very poorly laptop
26-09-2009 7:46 AM
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26-09-2009 9:30 AM
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26-09-2009 10:39 AM
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If it doesn't show, just open Places/Computer and it should show something like 20Gb (if the drive was 20Gb) just click on that then copy the whole Documents folder over to a pen drive or usb drive.
Of course if the pcman didn't speak with forked tongue you will find the drive is empty (very using Partion Manager from the System/Admin menu)
Re: Very poorly laptop
26-09-2009 10:48 AM
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26-09-2009 11:12 AM
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I haven't (ever) used that type of service but I have a mate who worked in one, and they tried to backup the data then wipe the drive.
Re: Very poorly laptop
26-09-2009 11:32 AM
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(GUID will look like similar to this {5FA90ED2-F81F-41C1-86FF-874CA7B036C9},
Inside the "outlook express" folder you will see the all the OE data files.
Copy the whole Outlook express folder to a USB drive.
This guide explains the process in detail http://www.novatone.net/mag/OEMSGCopy.htm
Re: Very poorly laptop
26-09-2009 4:04 PM
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As has been said, they might have wiped everything so if she brings the computer over it is just a case of trying it out.
She is busy looking for another laptop at the mo and has difficulty logging into this forum on the borrowed one so no doubt she will be here later when sorted out.
Re: Very poorly laptop
26-09-2009 4:18 PM
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