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Laptop broken - salvage files

  • 24-09-2024 10:41pm
    #1
    allycavs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭


    Hi all

    Laptop motherboard died . I put the SSD drive into external USB case. I tried on different computers and SSD does not come up in file explorer.

    I've now read about using "disk management" utility to initialize the drive. But I can't find concrete answer if this will format files already in the drive so afraid to try

    Any advice greatly appreciated?

    Thanks

    Alan

    Post edited by allycavs on


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  • #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,758 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Do not initialise the drive. There's no need for any changes like that.

    If it shows in explorer, are the files visible there?



  • #3
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,256 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    Will just mention, bitlocker protected drive would/should appear in file explorer but inaccessible until unlocked by PIN/recovery key

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  • #4
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,906 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    If the files are in any way important, don't touch the drive. Disconnect it, and put it somewhere safe. Then contact someone who knows something about hard drives. It is very easy for a well-meaning amateur to render a drive virtually unrecoverable.

    Now if these are just files you wouldn't mind having back, but don't care that much if they're lost, and you'd like to learn more about drives, then that's a different story

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  • #5
    allycavs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭allycavs


    Hi

    Thanks for all the replies. I edited original post due to my mistype. So to be clear the SSD does NOT appear on file explorer . I left out the NOT word in original first message.

    Bitlocker is not installed.

    There are some files I would like to retrieve yes



  • #6
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,256 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    What status drive shown in "Disk management"? screenshot would help.

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  • #7
    long_b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭long_b


    Any way you could confirm that the external USB case is working?



  • #8
    allycavs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭allycavs


    Hi yes it's the external case is faulty. Damn it. If I bought new laptop and took out it's drive and plugged my original one in, would it boot up same as my old laptop?

    Any guide to do this ?



  • #9
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,758 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122654743#Comment_122654743

    That's a little hard to predict. Windows is certainly much better these days at having an installation moved to another machine and still boot. It'll probably object to the change in hardware and moan about needing to be reactivated, failing to do so, then demand a new key. The new laptop should already have an activated install and thus sidestep that.



  • #10
    allycavs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭allycavs


    Ya also reading about driver's not aligning. So guess it's not a runner really



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