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Data Storage Hardware Includes Hard Disk Drives, Optical Disc Drives such as DVD Writers, External HDDs, Flash Drives, Diskette Drives such as Floppy and ZIP, and other data storage technology.

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Old 16/08/05, 18:58
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I've lost my data on my HDD!

Hi,

I took out a hard drive from a computer and when I put it on another one everything was gone! I think it is down to the file system that may be corrupted.

What can I do to recover my 40 GB of songs?

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Old 16/08/05, 19:31
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Re: I've lost my data on my HDD!

First did you put it back in the first computer?
Second is the drive a slave drive? Or does it have windows installed on it?
Did you insert the drive into the second computer as a slave?
Did the two computer have the same OS?
Did the two computers have the same file system Loz
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Old 16/08/05, 23:35
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Re: I've lost my data on my HDD!

Hmm...can you even get into the OS anymore?

It sounds like you might have the master/slave settings wrong.

I lost everything on my HDD too I don't even have an OS anymore. i'm on my moms laptop.
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Old 17/08/05, 06:02
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Re: I've lost my data on my HDD!

What OS were you running? My guess is Windows. Windows does NOT allow for swapping of drives as a security measure.
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