Hi all, I am trying to retrieve some information from an external hard drive. I have plugged it into a reader and can see some files, but not the ones I am looking for, although I am confident they are there.
It would be beneficial if I could boot from the hard drive and check all files and also check the internet browsing history for saved passwords to old accounts, as I believe this will be saved to the hard drive?
Mu questions would be:
Would HDD degradation be an issue? (hard drive was last used in 2013 ish) is there likely a loss of data?
As I mentioned I could see some files, by plugging the HDD reader into laptop, but a lot of files did not seem to there. My laptop also seemed to want to format the HDD to read some info, which I did not allow incase of data loss… The HDD itself has been in the tower undisturbed but unused since 2013.
How would I go about booting from the external HDD? I know noob question, my laptop is windows 7, so quite old itself, the HDD reader is a Tccmebius purchased from amazon. There are various ports to connect things to, what cables would I need and how do I prioritise a boot from the eternal HDD?
If successfully booted from HDD, would I be able to view data in the same manner as I would back when I used to use said computer?
Again, probably stupid question lol…
Thanks in advance and any assistance on this would be much appreciated.
It would be beneficial if I could boot from the hard drive and check all files and also check the internet browsing history for saved passwords to old accounts, as I believe this will be saved to the hard drive?
Mu questions would be:
Would HDD degradation be an issue? (hard drive was last used in 2013 ish) is there likely a loss of data?
As I mentioned I could see some files, by plugging the HDD reader into laptop, but a lot of files did not seem to there. My laptop also seemed to want to format the HDD to read some info, which I did not allow incase of data loss… The HDD itself has been in the tower undisturbed but unused since 2013.
How would I go about booting from the external HDD? I know noob question, my laptop is windows 7, so quite old itself, the HDD reader is a Tccmebius purchased from amazon. There are various ports to connect things to, what cables would I need and how do I prioritise a boot from the eternal HDD?
If successfully booted from HDD, would I be able to view data in the same manner as I would back when I used to use said computer?
Again, probably stupid question lol…
Thanks in advance and any assistance on this would be much appreciated.
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