Hello all.
Based on my old thread I had some extra questions on data recovery. I will be brief but please allow for some background. I am speaking about 2 computers and 3 hard discs.
I had a PSU burn out and take a MoBo with it. The disc from machine 1 is fine, but may be infected. I bought a new HD (disc #3) and recently installed a new secure install of XP pro following guidelines on this site. Now I still have computer 2 w/ disc #2 infected and disc #1 also possibly infected.
Assuming Machine 1 is now fine and running good. How can I back up personal files from disc 1 and 2 without infecting disc 3? The total data size is about 40-50 gigs (music photos and docs) across the first 2 disc drives.
I hope to be able to clean disc 2 in machine 2 and do a straight file share transfer to machine 1/disc 3. The hard part is how do I move data from disc 1 which is currently unplugged. What would be the safest way to regather this data so that the drive can be reformatted?
Thanks for any advice, sorry for the confusing problem! I hope it all makes sense.
-C.
Based on my old thread I had some extra questions on data recovery. I will be brief but please allow for some background. I am speaking about 2 computers and 3 hard discs.
I had a PSU burn out and take a MoBo with it. The disc from machine 1 is fine, but may be infected. I bought a new HD (disc #3) and recently installed a new secure install of XP pro following guidelines on this site. Now I still have computer 2 w/ disc #2 infected and disc #1 also possibly infected.
Assuming Machine 1 is now fine and running good. How can I back up personal files from disc 1 and 2 without infecting disc 3? The total data size is about 40-50 gigs (music photos and docs) across the first 2 disc drives.
I hope to be able to clean disc 2 in machine 2 and do a straight file share transfer to machine 1/disc 3. The hard part is how do I move data from disc 1 which is currently unplugged. What would be the safest way to regather this data so that the drive can be reformatted?
Thanks for any advice, sorry for the confusing problem! I hope it all makes sense.
-C.