Recovering data

[Gerbert]

I have this pc for my pig feed station and now it stopped working. Keeps the fan running on full tilt and shots off eventually. No problem, I'll buy another cheapie on the nets (the system runs of it's own dedicated computer, this is only for easier access).
Anyhow, I did have a small file with some information on tags on it which I would like to retrieve. I have no knowledge whatsoever on this but I like to be able to do it, well, how is it done?
Thanks in advance

 

[Gerbert]

Well I have been a bit quick to shout, a Sata to usb converter should do the trick, also they cost peanuts!

 

[J B]

I have no knowledge whatsoever on this but I like to be able to do it, well, how is it done?

How did you get the HDD out with 'no knowledge'?

As above, get one of these

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Connect it to any PC by USB, open Windows Explorer (press windows key and E together) find the required file and put it wherever you wish.

 

[Gerbert]

To be fair I did pull out a load of chips first, then I remembered that the harddrive is a thing that rotates, in the end I found something with a round thingy and it says hdd .

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

I have this pc for my pig feed station and now it stopped working. Keeps the fan running on full tilt and shots off eventually. No problem, I'll buy another cheapie on the nets (the system runs of it's own dedicated computer, this is only for easier access).
Anyhow, I did have a small file with some information on tags on it which I would like to retrieve. I have no knowledge whatsoever on this but I like to be able to do it, well, how is it done?
Thanks in advance

10 years out of that Seagate drive isn’t too shabby really.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

How did you get the HDD out with 'no knowledge'?

As above, get one of these

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Connect it to any PC by USB, open Windows Explorer (press windows key and E together) find the required file and put it wherever you wish.

Just be slightly careful with the SATA to USB adapter cable you get off the fleabay. The one you linked to isn’t suitable for “desktop” (that is 3.5 inch) drives like the OPs, only the smaller form factor “laptop” (2.5 inch) drives.

 

[Gerbert]

Ah thanks for that. I just ordered..... a 2.5 inch. Crap.
I ordered another one for both 2.5 and 3.5.
Now I know this I can finally recover the files on my old laptop that crapped out almost 10 years ago.

 

[Timbo]

So plug it all in any wait a moment for windows to recognise the drive.. Go into Explorer, click on the drive. You may get Permission notifications but just press cancel.. then navigate your way to the files you want , copy & paste them back to your local drive.

 

[milkloss]

Any recommendations what to do if the drive isn’t recognised? I believe I have a safe backup of my data but it would be worth a look.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Any recommendations what to do if the drive isn’t recognised? I believe I have a safe backup of my data but it would be worth a look.

If the base OS fails to recognise the drive, you may need to go to a “lower level” utility that can make sense of what is happening at the “block” level rather than at the file / directory level. Depending on not on what has borked it or been corrupted.

It’s been a long while since I’ve played with such utilities, so I can’t give you recommendations on where to look unfortunately.

 

[Skilrte]

I have this pc for my pig feed station and now it stopped working. Keeps the fan running on full tilt and shots off eventually. No problem, I'll buy another cheapie on the nets (the system runs of it's own dedicated computer, this is only for easier access).
Anyhow, I did have a small file with some information on tags on it which I would like to retrieve. I have no knowledge whatsoever on this but I like to be able to do it, well, how is it done?
Thanks in advance

Take out your hard drive and plug it into another working computer to see if the file can be found.Or scan your computer for recovering the file,choose one of them.

 

[pmwpaul]

If its old will the connections between the HD and a modern PC link up@

 

[Timbo]

Itd need to be 6+ yrs old to be ide rather than sata

 

[deleted user 837354]

10 years out of that Seagate drive isn’t too shabby really.

I avoid seagate like the plague but I would hope a mechanical drive would do 10 years in a low grief scenario with no issues.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Itd need to be 6+ yrs old to be ide rather than sata

More like 12+ years old. IDE pretty much disappeared in the mid/late noughties.

 

[Skilrte]

Now open it on your computer,then scan computer to recover lost file.

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