Data Missing

wallgood358 · 12-11-2007, 02:15 PM

My girlfriends computer is no longer up and running due to a windows issue, so i pulled the hd from it with hopes of copying all the documents and such off of it onto my computer so i could reformat her disk drive and get it up and running again. I hooked the hd up as a slave on my computer, but half the folders and documents dont even show up in windows explorer. I made sure it is to show all hidden folders, but nothing. It only shows the program folder and my Itunes folder, but my "My Documents" folder is nowhere to be found. also access is denied to a couple of the secondary folders. Is there any way to force my computer to find the missing folders and possibly let me access the others that it wont? My computer is running Xp home as was the computer i pulled the hd from

Tumbleweed36 · 12-11-2007, 04:48 PM

How do you have the hard drive set up? Is it on the primary IDE connector or the Secondary connector? In addition, how is it jumpered and where is it located on the ribbon cable. Last, what else is on that same ribbon cable, and what is the brand name of the drive you are trying to work with?

12-11-2007, 02:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
wallgood358 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 172 OS: Win xp	Data Missing My girlfriends computer is no longer up and running due to a windows issue, so i pulled the hd from it with hopes of copying all the documents and such off of it onto my computer so i could reformat her disk drive and get it up and running again. I hooked the hd up as a slave on my computer, but half the folders and documents dont even show up in windows explorer. I made sure it is to show all hidden folders, but nothing. It only shows the program folder and my Itunes folder, but my "My Documents" folder is nowhere to be found. also access is denied to a couple of the secondary folders. Is there any way to force my computer to find the missing folders and possibly let me access the others that it wont? My computer is running Xp home as was the computer i pulled the hd from

12-11-2007, 04:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 19,464 OS: XP Professional	Re: Data Missing How do you have the hard drive set up? Is it on the primary IDE connector or the Secondary connector? In addition, how is it jumpered and where is it located on the ribbon cable. Last, what else is on that same ribbon cable, and what is the brand name of the drive you are trying to work with? __________________ ---------- I don't receive email notifications of replies to subscribed threads. (Internet provider policy) Therefore, if I don't respond to your post within 24 hours, please send me a reminder PM and include the link to your thread.