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    Accessing files on an external drive

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by lesliesp, Nov 8, 2009.

  1. lesliesp

    lesliesp Notebook Geek

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    ACER 2423 confirmed dead. The hard drive should have recoverable files and I want to access them. I put the drive into a USB external enclosure and my desktop can see the drive and its partitions. It will not however read any files. Does ACER have a software code or something that prevents this?
     
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    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    Nope, no such thing as far as I know. Are there any allocated space on the partitions? Tried some recovery software such as Recuva?
     
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    lesliesp Notebook Geek

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    Definition please: "allocated space on partitions" Thanks you Is Recuva a software download or B&M purchase?
     
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    I doubt they hard coded anything. Acer doesnt make any of the parts they actually put in their systems. They use LG screens and Seagate made drives and stuff like that. I think what he was saying is does the system even recognize the drive exists? You should be able to go to Control Panel/Adminstrative Tools/computer management/storage and see if it lists another hard disk drive. If no, then that hard drive might be seized and just kaput!
     
    joblow, Nov 10, 2009
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