i have a few drives from my old computer laying around, and i needed so info off them
my new computer has a single IDE port, so i disconnected my 500gb IDE drive (windows is on my sata drive)
i did a test boot of the system w/o the 500gb IDE connected, computer failed to boot. shut down and reconnected my 500gb IDE, rebooted, computer ran fine
checked my boot priority, order is floppy (nonexistant currently) Sata, then ide
double checked that all my programs are on the sata, yup
so i take my 10gb ide and run it in the slave position to my 500gb master, boot computer and explore my 10gb drive, files are mostly corrupt, and its the wrong drive.
shut down, disconnect drive, decide to screw w/ it later
reboot computer w/ the 2 500gb drives set / connected just as they originally were …
windows takes foooooreeeveeeer to boot, then forever to load the programs that are set to start on startup.
wonder if its just a fluke … reboot … same thing again
so now i get curious … theres 2 partitions on the 500gb IDE, both with info, and 2 on the 500gb sata, only one of which is used …
im missing an entire partition off the IDE drive now … it shows in “my computer” but wont open and is missing its name “cad files”
recovery time … no biggie …
download a program, find all the files, realize the program requires payment to actually resave everything it found … fuck
find another program (100% free this time) and rescan … this program tells me that the missing partition is:
10gb instead of the actual 250gb
filled w/ the files of the 10gb drive
said 10gb drive was laying on the floor next to the computer at the time … and its not a wireless drive :eyebrow:
any suggestions on how to recover the actual data on the drive ?