DGregory
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I have a Window 7 laptop that has some important data and hasn't been backed up in a while and just stopped booting (I know, I know, just a perfect storm of circumstances). I removed the HDD and plugged it into a working W10 Pro PC via SATA. I couldn't get Disk Management to see the drive, but I think Recuva might be seeing it as Local Drive (\\.\HarddiskVolume2). But when I try to run a scan I get the message
[\\.\HarddiskVolume2] Unable to determine file system type.
Any gurus out there have any advice on what I should do at this point?
Many thanks in advance!
Dan G
Dead (non-booting) HDD plugged into another PC as 2nd drive, hoping to scrape data but getting message "Unable to determine file system type"
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Thanks konazxiii - that approach makes sense.
Just to close the thread, the data was a high priority so I looked at 3 pros:
https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/ , https://www.stellarinfo.com/ and https://www.ontrack.com/
All came recommended (especially the first) and all seemed reputable. Price was also a factor, and the latter came in with the lowest quote range so I went with them. Their communication was a little patchy at times, but they got the job done as promised (I received an encrypted external USB drive with the needed data) and within my budget.