Windows 10: Recovering Files from Windows Vista hard disk- will not boot

Hello all,I have the hard disk from my grandmother’s old DELL Inspiron 530s, which ran Windows Vista. However, that computer did die due to a dead clock battery and power supply, but I recovered the hard disk. Because it is a SATA hard disk, I was able to plug it into my HP ProDesk 600 tower system’s SATA slot. I turned off the computer and plugged in the second hard disk and booted it up. I then got to the “Windows Error Recovery” screen and chose “Start Windows Normally.” The computer flashed the Vista loading bar for one second and crashed back to “Error Recovery.” When I boot into “Startup

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Disk boot failure after removing old Vista partition

Thank you for the reply, muchomurka! As I indicated in my post, I have already tried all the steps you suggested to no avail:

- I cannot choose startup repair since the computer does not boot from the installation media
- I cannot use command prompt since the computer does not boot further than the POST screen
- I have disconnected and tried out all hard drives individually.

Since I had Win 10 up and running a few hours ago, I can say with 100% certainty that none of the hardware is faulty.

The real mystery is, how come the system won't boot from any media without an empty disk containing an old Vista boot sector being on top of the boot priority list? And which steps to take now that I've cleaned this disk and it does not exist anymore?

Would appreciate any ideas and pointers!

 

Best software to recover files from formatted Hard Disk

Hi all, whats the best software available to recover deleted files from a formatted hard disk?
i am asking because there are lots of crappy file recovery softwares that really dont work.

 

How to recover data from corrupted WD external hardisk

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I have Western Digital Passport 1 TB external Hard disk. It has got corrupted. When I connect to my Window 7 machine, my external hard disk rotates but my machine does not recognize it.I have checked External hard disk with other working cable as well but still it is not working . I have tried to recover data with Hiren boot cd ,. On hiren boot machine it is recognizing the disk. I can copy some data in form of dd format with data rescue but not able to recover data with this DD format file. I have used different softwares to recover dd file but all are giving error. Please suggest how can i recover my data.