Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - can't access my old hard drive files... :(

clueless801 · 11-22-2008, 02:24 PM

Hi guys. My first post is a needy one.

My desktop was giving me problems awhile ago so I stopped using it and started using my laptop full time.

Recently I decided that I would like to get the info off the old hard drive as it has old pics,video,movies,etc, that I would like to recover.

I went to the local computer shop and bought a ide>usb connection and power supply kit for my maxtor 40g ata.100 hardrive.

Got home plugged it in and anticipated getting all my files back when the laptop reported "new device found" etc.etc..

Start>My computer>Local Disk (F)... files such as "documents and settings", "temp", "WINDOWS", "My Downloads" are all there. when I open them to find my files I get only windows files, some program files... all crap really and nothing that I want to recover. I can't find any of my old personal files. Where are they? I know they are there. When I right click the drive>Properties, I get the drive being almost full, the same way I remember it being.

I am a novice at this computer stuff but I have tried several things, such as... searching for known file names (or partials), Booting from the maxtor hardrive (restarts everytime with error message)

The laptop Im using is a ibm t30 p4 using xp pro.

HELP please.

11-22-2008, 02:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
clueless801 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	can't access my old hard drive files... :( Hi guys. My first post is a needy one. My desktop was giving me problems awhile ago so I stopped using it and started using my laptop full time. Recently I decided that I would like to get the info off the old hard drive as it has old pics,video,movies,etc, that I would like to recover. I went to the local computer shop and bought a ide>usb connection and power supply kit for my maxtor 40g ata.100 hardrive. Got home plugged it in and anticipated getting all my files back when the laptop reported "new device found" etc.etc.. Start>My computer>Local Disk (F)... files such as "documents and settings", "temp", "WINDOWS", "My Downloads" are all there. when I open them to find my files I get only windows files, some program files... all crap really and nothing that I want to recover. I can't find any of my old personal files. Where are they? I know they are there. When I right click the drive>Properties, I get the drive being almost full, the same way I remember it being. I am a novice at this computer stuff but I have tried several things, such as... searching for known file names (or partials), Booting from the maxtor hardrive (restarts everytime with error message) The laptop Im using is a ibm t30 p4 using xp pro. HELP please.