re: Recovering files from [HDD]
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by gewg_
(3931 messages posted)
Randy wrote:
|I have a Win98se machine that I use for storing Ham Radio related files.
|The power supply went bad and damaged the mother board
|[and I trusted my hard drive to work forever--so I never made any backups]
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8-( I think this is an example of where religion bites humans in the butt.
So many keep *believing* that nothing bad will ever happen to *them*.
For less than $20,
http://google.com/froogle?q=intitle:8GB+OR+intitle:8-GB+intitle:USB&scoring=p&price=between
the typical user of a Win9x-era machine can back up his entire drive.[1]
For that amount, you can even get TWO of those
--and, after backing up your "precious" data...
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=121551&cid=10229143&threshold=3&mode=nested
...mail one to your Mom or take one to work and drop it in a drawer.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1117953874
Do a text search on that page for off-site and
read that section.
|I'm wondering if I could remove the the [HDD][2], configure it as "slave",
|install it as drive no. 2 in another Win98se machine and access the files.
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Yup. READ THIS BEFORE PROCEEDING:
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1127346860
3 takes on this topic:
cache of http://geekbreeder.com/rs-hrddrv.htm
cache of
theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040115.gts2jan15/BNStory/Technology/Troubleshooter
http://web.archive.org/web/20060225041548/http://www.auldfart.co.uk/howto/installhd.html
...and once you aren't going to use it as a bootable drive any more,
for less that $30 you can use the old drive to make a "mirror" of your data.
http://google.com/froogle?q=intitle:USB+intitle:external-drive-case&scoring=p&price=between&price1=1
Again: IT'S NOT A BACKUP UNTIL IT'S OFF-SITE.
[1] I've got a Radio Shack flyer good thru tomorrow that lists an 8GB unit for $20.
Fry's has them on special all the time.
[2] I go back far enough that
HD == High Density floppy and HDD == Hard disk drive.
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