re: Recovering files from [HDD] Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 7:56 am Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Randy (13 messages posted) Gee. I hope that you feel comfortably superior now. On Friday, March 13, 2009 at 3:35 pm, gewg_ wrote: >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] >| >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. >| >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. Written in response to: re: Recovering files from [HDD] (gewg_: Friday, March 13, 2009 at 3:35 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Recovering files from HD (Randy: Fri, Mar 13, 2009, 12:19 pm) re: Recovering files from [HDD] (gewg_: Fri, Mar 13, 2009, 3:35 pm) re: Recovering files from [HDD] (Randy: Sat, Mar 14, 2009, 7:56 am) re: Recovering files from HD (Richard Harris: Fri, Mar 13, 2009, 4:46 pm) re: Recovering files from HD (Randy: Fri, Mar 13, 2009, 8:12 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum