Hi
Win 7 Pro 64bit.
I have 2x 1.5TB HD's and it appears the one with the Win Boot on is corrupt meaning I can't boot fully into windows either in safe or repair modes. Startup repair identifies a corrupt disk as the root cause of my problems.
* Please forgive any incorrect descriptions - I'm not techie.
I realise at some point I'm going to need to reinstall W7 and I'm trying to find the best, most efficient way of firstly recovering the data I have on both drives and secondly restoring it.
I have USB drives I can use to recover the data to.
If I boot from DVD - Safe Mode>Repair>Choose OS I have an option Load Drivers, if I use this I can see an explorer type screen where I believe I can copy data from my good HD to a USB drive - however I can't see any data/files in the corrupt drive. I can see the drive and when I right click on it and go into properties it shows 0% used 0% available and when I try and scan it it says it can't be accessed.
Can you please help me recover the data from both drives - bearing in mind I can't see anything in the corrupt one.
Secondly after I've reinstalled Win 7 is there a way to restore to a backup (my expression) - essentially restore all of my data and programs without having to reinstall all the programs/data? I'm guessing that this process will also influence the best way of recovering the data ie recover it using this method because this will enable you to restore as well.
Hope that makes sense.
Win 7 Pro 64bit.
I have 2x 1.5TB HD's and it appears the one with the Win Boot on is corrupt meaning I can't boot fully into windows either in safe or repair modes. Startup repair identifies a corrupt disk as the root cause of my problems.
* Please forgive any incorrect descriptions - I'm not techie.
I realise at some point I'm going to need to reinstall W7 and I'm trying to find the best, most efficient way of firstly recovering the data I have on both drives and secondly restoring it.
I have USB drives I can use to recover the data to.
If I boot from DVD - Safe Mode>Repair>Choose OS I have an option Load Drivers, if I use this I can see an explorer type screen where I believe I can copy data from my good HD to a USB drive - however I can't see any data/files in the corrupt drive. I can see the drive and when I right click on it and go into properties it shows 0% used 0% available and when I try and scan it it says it can't be accessed.
Can you please help me recover the data from both drives - bearing in mind I can't see anything in the corrupt one.
Secondly after I've reinstalled Win 7 is there a way to restore to a backup (my expression) - essentially restore all of my data and programs without having to reinstall all the programs/data? I'm guessing that this process will also influence the best way of recovering the data ie recover it using this method because this will enable you to restore as well.
Hope that makes sense.
