My hard drive w/ Win XP decided to just up and die. It won't even turn off
or send a signal to a monitor. I went out and bought a new computer w/
Vista. My problem is, how do I recover what was on the old hard drive if I
can't see anything on a monitor? Will I have to pay a recovery service or is
it gone forever?

Lakoma wrote:[color=blue]
> My hard drive w/ Win XP decided to just up and die. It won't even
> turn off or send a signal to a monitor. I went out and bought a new
> computer w/ Vista. My problem is, how do I recover what was on the
> old hard drive if I can't see anything on a monitor? Will I have to
> pay a recovery service or is it gone forever?[/color]

Put the old hard drive in the new computer.

"Lakoma" <Lakoma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BDABB4F8-757F-4C32-B2C6-7555E7B22646@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> My hard drive w/ Win XP decided to just up and die. It won't even turn
> off
> or send a signal to a monitor. I went out and bought a new computer w/
> Vista. My problem is, how do I recover what was on the old hard drive if
> I
> can't see anything on a monitor? Will I have to pay a recovery service or
> is
> it gone forever?[/color]

You recover from your last backup silly you!

Connect it and jumper it as slave or what ever to see if the new computer
picks it up and get what you can and then disconnect it and move on. If it
can't see it it's gone.

Acronis Home 11 is a good choice IMHO for doing backups and restores. I back
up once a week so I only lose a weeks worth of things if something goes
south.

Good luck, Rich

Chances are if the drive did die, and you did not back up regularly, the
stuff is gone forever :-(....my experience is that data recovery companies
are VERY expensive so unless the items are of extreme value, shed a tear,
call it a life lesson and buy a back up drive for next time.

"Lakoma" <Lakoma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BDABB4F8-757F-4C32-B2C6-7555E7B22646@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> My hard drive w/ Win XP decided to just up and die. It won't even turn
> off
> or send a signal to a monitor. I went out and bought a new computer w/
> Vista. My problem is, how do I recover what was on the old hard drive if
> I
> can't see anything on a monitor? Will I have to pay a recovery service or
> is
> it gone forever?[/color]