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How do I get rid of quarantined files on my computer?

Is it possible to get the files off of a computer that had coffee spilled on it and fried the motherboard,?

  • the hard drive is still good. I had it copied to an external drive, my problem is that the files that should have been on there isn't. I tried putting the hard drive into the exact same kind of computer as it was in, but when I did that it started with a new computer set up. So what I think happened is that the hard drive set up a new partition in the other computer to set up as new. Can someone PLEASE tell me that the files that had been on it can be recovered. This is very, very important to me because it was my husband's computer and he passed away in August 2011 from cancer. When I had it copied it had nothing on it except what you would find on a computer hard drive that had never been used (basic windows files). The music files he had on the computer wasn't on there, so that is why I figure it made a new partition. If it can be done what do I need to do or who would I need to take it to? Staples did the copying to the external hard drive. The computer is a HP laptop, model G72-259WM running Windows 7 home premium 64 bit. It's bad enough the computer is only 2 years old and fried, but the information on it is worth so much more to me.

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    There's a couple of ways to attach the old drive to another computer. 1) You can fit it internally to the other computer. 2) You can buy an external enclosure for the old drive then plug it into a working USB port of another. You have to get the right type of enclosure, 2.5" or 4.5" IDE or SATA. There's an image showing the difference between the SATA and PATA connectors at http://www.notebooksolutions.ca/zc/160gb-5400rpm-2-5-ide-notebook-hard-drive-2922.html 3) You can buy a PATA / SATA to USB adapter like these - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=pata+sata+to+usb+adapter&x=0&y=0 - not pretty but they work very well.

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Well, when the coffee was spilled, how long was the computer on until it fired? If very long it may have deleted all of the contents of the hard drive. On the external hard drive you can try to see if the files are "hidden" that sometimes happens for privacy reasons. Other wise I would advise you to go see qeek squad to have them check it out.

KSUSCOTT

u should download a windows live cd. that way your computer boots from the cd. then you can explore your hard drive and copy any files u need to a external drive.

phillip f

You need to make it the secondary drive on another PC that way it will not need the OS.

LouiseL

If you are putting your old hard drive and putting it in a new computer as the only hard drive in the new computer, of course it will ask you to set up as a new OS. The new computer has different bios and information than your old motherboard, which is why its asking you to set up as a new OS. Take your old Hard drive and if your new motherboard has a SATA plug in it, plug that into the SATA port on the new hard drive and keep the new hard drive that came with the new computer plugged in. That way the system boots off of the current hard drive rather than the old one.

Adam

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