Retrieve data from old hard drive

[Leob]

I have removed my old sata HDD and connected externally to another computer. Yhe drive is recognized but the only file I see is the bootsqm file. I nned to get my data files. Where are they?

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey Leob. Did the drive had any problems before you disconnected it? You could try to get to your data by accessing the drive via Linux Live CD/USB, or by trying some of the data recovery solutions offered in this thread: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1644496/lost-data-recovery.html

Also it wouldn't hurt to make a full scan of your drive with your anti-virus program (with updated database) and check if the files are not hidden for some reason as well - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/show-hidden-files#show-hidden-files=windows-7

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[fzabkar]

The bootsqm.dat file is created whenever a CHKDSK is run against the drive.

Can you see your file system with a disc editor such as DMDE?

http://dmde.com/