access to old hdd without format

[HardStroke]

ive connected my old hdd from my oldest pc to my old pc but it says that i have to format 

is there a way to access the hdd without formating it? looked online but with no success 

i have some really important stuff on there

 

[PiberiusWilde]

Use Linux via a bootable usb stick

[Master Disaster]

What was the OS on the drives original PC and what is the OS on the new PC?

 

Linux is a great shout, it can open almost any format.

[HardStroke]

7 minutes ago, PiberiusWilde said:

Use Linux via a bootable usb stick

no other way?

[PiberiusWilde]

1 minute ago, HardStroke said:

no other way?

It's the easiest way by far........

[PiberiusWilde]

8 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

What was the OS on the drives original PC and what is the OS on the new PC?

 

Linux is a great shout, it can open almost any format.

Dang right about that. I was able to recover all of the data from a FORMATED drive.

 

I will never doubt linux ever again.

[HardStroke]

42 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

What was the OS on the drives original PC and what is the OS on the new PC?

 

Linux is a great shout, it can open almost any format.

original os was win7 and current is win10

[HardStroke]

@PiberiusWilde @Master Disaster

do you guys think that trying to open the hdd with windows is a good idea?

i can maybe try to assign the drive a letter and then not format it and try to access it like that rather then with linux since i dont really know how to use linux and i didnt find something online about it

[PiberiusWilde]

On 11/23/2020 at 3:16 AM, HardStroke said:

original os was win7 and current is win10

Well then just set it at the top off the boot order

[HardStroke]

Just now, PiberiusWilde said:

Well then just set it at the top off the boot order

tried

didnt work

[PiberiusWilde]

1 minute ago, HardStroke said:

tried

didnt work

Okay then don't set a drive letter to it. 'Cause it will required a format. Which is bad obviously

 

Try use linux. Lets say Ubuntu

 

Creating a bootable usb stick is super simple trust me. Here's the step:

- Download Ubuntu via their site, just use 20.04

- Use rufus to create a bootable usb stick, just like when you need to install windows

- Just set the usb stick a the main boot drive in your bios or using the boot option using F-something

- Chose the 'Try Ubuntu' and voila you're using ubuntu

[HardStroke]

11 minutes ago, PiberiusWilde said:

Okay then don't set a drive letter to it. 'Cause it will required a format. Which is bad obviously

 

Try use linux. Lets say Ubuntu

 

Creating a bootable usb stick is super simple trust me. Here's the step:

- Download Ubuntu via their site, just use 20.04

- Use rufus to create a bootable usb stick, just like when you need to install windows

- Just set the usb stick a the main boot drive in your bios or using the boot option using F-something

- Chose the 'Try Ubuntu' and voila you're using ubuntu

yeah i already did it but i dont know how to cuntinue from here

didnt really get to use linux only windows and mac os

[PiberiusWilde]

1 minute ago, HardStroke said:

yeah i already did it but i dont know how to cuntinue from here

didnt really get to use linux only windows and mac os

Hold on I'm writing something in your other post.

[Master Disaster]

To be totally honest, it sounds like the drive is already empty.

 

Plug it in, boot into Windows, open Disk Management, take a screenshot and post it please.

 

If you get any messages about disk initialisation then cancel them though at that point the disc is already empty and you'll have to try a filesystem recovery instead.

[HardStroke]

6 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

To be totally honest, it sounds like the drive is already empty.

 

Plug it in, boot into Windows, open Disk Management, take a screenshot and post it please.

 

If you get any messages about disk initialisation then cancel them though at that point the disc is already empty and you'll have to try a filesystem recovery instead.

 

[Master Disaster]

12 minutes ago, HardStroke said:

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Is it Disk 2?

 

If yes then its empty. You can try a FS recovery using something like Easus Partition Recovery but I'd be surprised if it works since the disk is showing as unknown.

 

Is there anything massively important on it?

[HardStroke]

1 minute ago, Master Disaster said:

Is it Disk 2?

 

If yes then its empty. You can try a FS recovery using something like Easus Partition Recovery but I'd be surprised if it works since the disk is showing as unknown.

 

Is there anything massively important on it?

yeah all of the stuff are important

If they were just junk I would not be so worried

[Master Disaster]

36 minutes ago, HardStroke said:

yeah all of the stuff are important

If they were just junk I would not be so worried

Well if you want to try Easeus then download it, install it to the C drive, run it, select Disk 2 and run a quick scan. If it finds the old partition you can recover it with one click. If it cannot recover it then there's not really much you can do unless your willing to pay a professional.

 

https://www.easeus.com/landing/data-recovery-wizard.html

[HardStroke]

14 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Well if you want to try Easeus then download it, install it to the C drive, run it, select Disk 2 and run a quick scan. If it finds the old partition you can recover it with one click. If it cannot recover it then there's not really much you can do unless your willing to pay a professional.

 

https://www.easeus.com/landing/data-recovery-wizard.html

nah this software doesnt even recognize the drive

ill try using gparted live again to see if i can get it to work if not ill throw it out the window...