My (Vista) Dell laptop expired recently (BSOD). I have tried repairing Windows, but this did not succeed. Dell format a single HDD into a recovery partition and a main partition. The recovery option sounds promising if I knew what to do with it. I don't.
I would most like to get my user data off the HDD. My User is password protected, which is not a problem when Windows works on the laptop.
I have tried installing the HDD from another Dell laptop as the boot drive - this resulted in a new BSOD.The laptop allows for 2 HDDs.
As the HDD I am trying to access is in SATA format, I next tried installing it in a desktop as an additional drive. The desktop picks it up fine as Drive D: and Drive E: (Dell's Recovery drive). E: is fully accessible. D: reports it is not accessible.
Well that is quite a good security feature as it stops unauthorised folk taking the HDD out of a laptop and reading the contents. Unfortunately, that is what I (validly) want to do. There is no option to make the drive readable by entering my user password. What options do I have?
Regards
I would most like to get my user data off the HDD. My User is password protected, which is not a problem when Windows works on the laptop.
I have tried installing the HDD from another Dell laptop as the boot drive - this resulted in a new BSOD.The laptop allows for 2 HDDs.
As the HDD I am trying to access is in SATA format, I next tried installing it in a desktop as an additional drive. The desktop picks it up fine as Drive D: and Drive E: (Dell's Recovery drive). E: is fully accessible. D: reports it is not accessible.
Well that is quite a good security feature as it stops unauthorised folk taking the HDD out of a laptop and reading the contents. Unfortunately, that is what I (validly) want to do. There is no option to make the drive readable by entering my user password. What options do I have?
Regards