Voting Question: How do I recover my HDD files from a non-bootable PC?

21 July 2010, 3:58 am

My Laptop stuffed up so now I can't access my files on my hard disk. I am currently using my laptop now with a botoable "gentoo linux" cd. It gives me options to run a test disk and things like that to recover my hard drive but all the terminology confuses me and I don't know how to use it. It says something about checking for unstable partions of the HDD and stuff like that, how do I recover my files? Are there alternatives like removing my hard drive from the laptop and connecting it to another computer? Laptop Details: Brand/Model: Lenovo 3000 C200 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) (currently using a bootable linux cd) HDD: 80GB - ATA - HDD - HTS541080G9SA00 RAM: 1GB (2x 512mb) Samsung CPU: Intel Celeron M - 1.73Ghz -Brandon... Read More »

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