I have a Windows 7 Acer Aspire 8735G-6502 that started going into start-up boot repair mode and refused to complete the boot sequence anymore. My Restore disks failed to remedy the problem.
To troubleshoot the issue and recover a few lost files (about 2 -3 weeks of picture are missing from my backup), I bought a HDD case and mounted the WD 500 gb drive from the Acer into it. When I plug it in to my desktop I see it labeled as System Reserve and only the Boot and System Volume folders are showing.
I went to Computer Management using Windows XP on my desktop and can see that there are three partitions of this drive and all are listed as healthy. The System Reserve is the active partition.
Questions:
1. Are there any issues making the large unlabeled partition where my data files (pics, music, office, etc.) are most likely located as the active partition?
2. Once that is the active partition, would I likely be able to retrieve the files I want simply by navigating to them using Explorer?
3. Is there anything I could/should do with this drive while in the external case to repair it so it would boot up in my laptop if I reinstall it?
4. Any other risks or watch-outs I should be aware of with the path I am on?
To troubleshoot the issue and recover a few lost files (about 2 -3 weeks of picture are missing from my backup), I bought a HDD case and mounted the WD 500 gb drive from the Acer into it. When I plug it in to my desktop I see it labeled as System Reserve and only the Boot and System Volume folders are showing.
I went to Computer Management using Windows XP on my desktop and can see that there are three partitions of this drive and all are listed as healthy. The System Reserve is the active partition.
Questions:
1. Are there any issues making the large unlabeled partition where my data files (pics, music, office, etc.) are most likely located as the active partition?
2. Once that is the active partition, would I likely be able to retrieve the files I want simply by navigating to them using Explorer?
3. Is there anything I could/should do with this drive while in the external case to repair it so it would boot up in my laptop if I reinstall it?
4. Any other risks or watch-outs I should be aware of with the path I am on?