Windows 10: Recovering user files from old hard drive from dead PC

Discus and support Recovering user files from old hard drive from dead PC in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I had an all-in-one PC that died about a year ago and have just managed to get my hands on a hard drive caddy to try and recover the files that I had... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by EotL, Sep 15, 2021.

  1. EOTL
    EotL Win User

    Recovering user files from old hard drive from dead PC


    I had an all-in-one PC that died about a year ago and have just managed to get my hands on a hard drive caddy to try and recover the files that I had on the old PC's HDD. However, when I go into the disk I cannot access the files - when I try to go into my old user profile on the file explorer, it simply doesn't go anywhere no errors - just doesn't access it. The public area does access correctly though.I need to know if I have to do something with profiles to be able to access the data - what I'm trying to recover is a series of picture sets that I don't have anywhere else. Not the end of t

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    EotL, Sep 15, 2021
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  2. DORSETKNOB
    dorsetknob Win User

    Recover files from Flash drive

    Does not work on a windows pc which is what the OP probably intended

    windows by default does not have HFS and HFS+ based hard drives.
    Able to perform retrieval on both HFS and HFS+ based hard drives. and so will not work with windows

    thanks for the effort
     
    dorsetknob, Sep 15, 2021
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  3. MACAZINE
    Macazine Win User
    Recover files from Flash drive

    According to me, the best flash drive recovery software which i have used and recovered files easily. It is very easy to use and within few steps you can recover data from flash drive. http://billhoyer.com/recover-corrupt-flash-drive-mac
     
    Macazine, Sep 15, 2021
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  4. DB2366
    db2366 Win User

    Recovering user files from old hard drive from dead PC

    How to recover data from an old laptop hard drive

    I have a 2008 apple hard drive from an old macbook. I am trying to recover the files with my new laptop (windows 10), however the hard drive seems to be password protected. I can open the hard drive but I cannot access the folders within the ''Users''
    folder. Any suggestions?
     
    db2366, Sep 15, 2021
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