Install New Hard Disk Alongside Failed disk

axel · 27 Oct 2009 at 11:41

Hi,

My hard disk has failed and I have now ordered a Samsung Spinpoint F3 as a replacement. After installing Vista and running my new drive is there a way to put, or leave, my old drive in the computer so that I can drag & drop my data even if I have to use a data recovery programme?

Any tips and advice would be most appreeciated.

Axel

AbsenceJam · 27 Oct 2009 at 11:49

axel said:
Hi,

My hard disk has failed and I have now ordered a Samsung Spinpoint F3 as a replacement. After installing Vista and running my new drive is there a way to put, or leave, my old drive in the computer so that I can drag & drop my data even if I have to use a data recovery programme?

Any tips and advice would be most appreeciated.

Axel

Failed as in not working at all or just bad sectors? If it's not working at all then obv. not; and if it is working still then what do you reckon?

axel · 27 Oct 2009 at 12:22

Failed as in won't boot up computer, been noisy for a while.

Axel

turboChiken · 27 Oct 2009 at 12:35

You might be lucky and only the boot sector is corrupt.

If you plug it into spare SATA and power connectors you might get it to show up in Vista as another drive. If that happens then you can just drag/drop your data off onto the new disk.

AbsenceJam · 27 Oct 2009 at 13:40

axel said:
Failed as in won't boot up computer, been noisy for a while.

Axel

Does it appear in BIOS?

axel · 27 Oct 2009 at 16:34

Yes, it does appear in BIOS