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Thread #116656 Message #2534605
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
07-Jan-09 - 07:08 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Erasing Hard Drive deleted files ?
Subject: RE: Tech: Erasing Hard Drive deleted files ?
No one at work today had any new insights to add to this.
The HP recovery disks actually put the OS in beside or around, or anyway, someplace other than on top of the old. I had to use the HP disks to get it running as it is now and the old stuff is still there, but none of it shows up on the registry. In another thread I talked about trying to reach that data (I used a tidbit offered by John in Kansas to get permission to share or take possession of my files. I'll have to do it again once I finish with this new hard drive.
I have Partition Magic, so I suppose I could also use that to format and partition this new drive, and the OS would go on the new C: I have had good luck putting data on another drive, but I have to remember to catch the program when it wants to use its default settings, otherwise I end up with data all over the place. I could simply park My Documents on a separate partition drive vs. physical drive (then I wouldn't have to remember to turn on the external drive every day, or more likely, forget and let it run all night when the computer is off).
I'm clearing off my workspace in here, getting ready to finish some work, print out a few things, then get started. This looks like it's about as much fun as next week's colonoscopy, only this takes longer. :(
I'm going to pull out my Adobe software to see what it requires to install it again. It wants to go to the same place it was installed before, meaning the computer has to have the same name and hierarchy.
SRS