please help me recover HDD data

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elias_9999

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hello,
I hope someone can help me with my problem as I know very little about technical issues.

I seem to have damaged my old desktop PC but I really need the work related data stored on the hard disk. Is it possible to easily copy data from this internal desktop hard disk to a laptop hard disk.
The desktop no longer boots up (blank screen) but does make a series of 3 beeps when I power on (unfortunately I have no idea what bios the PC was using so I cant easily check what the beeps are warning me about).

I dont want to take the hard disk to a shop to recover to CD/DVD as the work data is sensitive information that should only be viewed by employees. I should also say I dont have access to another desktop at the moment so I cant simply install the old disk as a slave.

Any info on the best way to recover these files to a laptop would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Ollie
 
well three beeps usually means that you have a memory problem so I would open up your computer and ensure that the RAM is in correctly and if it is and still doesn't work, change the RAM. The chances are that it will be quite pointless paying out to have it all copied etc. A waste of time and money.
Just one piece of advice (don't mean to sound patronising) maybe it would be a good idea to invest in an external hard drive to back-up your work with from the PC, so if this was to happen again you can simply plug the external hard drive into your laptop.

Sam
 
thanks sam,
I will take that advice on board. Im fairly sure I have not moved the ram about but I will check anyway cause I dont really want to buy more ram if I can help it!! It is very dusty inside the case so pehaps the dust has caused a short circuit or something?.

cheers
 
It isn't impossible for it to come loose itself, and due to the fact that it is very dusty, the dust can burn and stop cold air from circulating therefore your RAM could have been fried and possibly other pieces of hardware. while checking this you should check to make sure all other pieces of hardware are in the correct places securely and all peripherals. When you first boot up only use the vital peripherals like a monitor, mouse and keyboard, it will help determine a possible peripheral problem, depending on settings and make of computer, it can refuse to boot if there is a mouse or keyboard error. And lastly, make sure your floppy drive doesn't have a disk in it.

Sam
 
i took your advice and took out the ram, blew on it and put it back in securely. low and behold the PC is working again saving me £££'s
cheers!!:)
 
Thats ok, I would maybe think about buying an external Hard Drive to use as a backup. Remember three post beeps means memory error!
Glad i could help

Sam:)
 
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