I have a 40gb hard drive that came out an old pc. It was running slow and was unable to backup. I believe it was running Windows XP and I could not remember if it hard the back up facility prior to formating.
Unfortunately I took that risk and it started the formating process. Luckily I switched it off immediately as soon as I saw that this was happening.
I have tried booting it back up again but files are missing. I have tried booting off a downloadable boot CD and that did not work.
It is a Western Digital WD400EB-11CPFO, Enhanced IDE Hard Drive
I am told I can buy a docking station cheaply off ebay to connect it to my modern pc via USB. Is this true and what do I have to buy?
Also, I am told that I cannot just read it like an external USB drive, the files will not be visable and need software to interrigate the hard drive....once again, is this correct?
This is pretty serious stuff as I need these precious pictures from the birth of my children, every holiday....etc.....yes big mistake.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated......
Craig
Unfortunately I took that risk and it started the formating process. Luckily I switched it off immediately as soon as I saw that this was happening.
I have tried booting it back up again but files are missing. I have tried booting off a downloadable boot CD and that did not work.
It is a Western Digital WD400EB-11CPFO, Enhanced IDE Hard Drive
I am told I can buy a docking station cheaply off ebay to connect it to my modern pc via USB. Is this true and what do I have to buy?
Also, I am told that I cannot just read it like an external USB drive, the files will not be visable and need software to interrigate the hard drive....once again, is this correct?
This is pretty serious stuff as I need these precious pictures from the birth of my children, every holiday....etc.....yes big mistake.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated......
Craig