Re: 2 Win7 partitions no longer bootable after Upgrade of on
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:30 am
> "sigi" wrote:
> Does Recuva or any other Data Recovery Software have to be installed?
I have used RECUVA in the past to recover files that I had deleted by accident. And yes, it does need to be installed in Windows. This means that you have to install RECUVA before you realise that you need it.
In a different newsgroup, a user recently had success using TESTDISK, described here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestDisk
That page says that TESTDISK is installed on various Linux distributions, including "SystemRescue". The latter is a live Linux CD that you boot to perform the rescue actions. That means that you don't need to install it in Windows prior to using it. I actually have "SystemRescue" on a CD, which I used for imaging the partitions on my new laptop (before I purchased BIBM). I have never used TESTDISK. "SystemRescue" can be found here:
http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage
The problem with Linux live CDs/DVDs is that they are... Linux. Are you familiar with Linux? If you are not, it may be too big a hurdle to surmount. (I have only a passing acquaintance with Linux.)
-- from CyberSimian in the UK
> Does Recuva or any other Data Recovery Software have to be installed?
I have used RECUVA in the past to recover files that I had deleted by accident. And yes, it does need to be installed in Windows. This means that you have to install RECUVA before you realise that you need it.
In a different newsgroup, a user recently had success using TESTDISK, described here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestDisk
That page says that TESTDISK is installed on various Linux distributions, including "SystemRescue". The latter is a live Linux CD that you boot to perform the rescue actions. That means that you don't need to install it in Windows prior to using it. I actually have "SystemRescue" on a CD, which I used for imaging the partitions on my new laptop (before I purchased BIBM). I have never used TESTDISK. "SystemRescue" can be found here:
http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage
The problem with Linux live CDs/DVDs is that they are... Linux. Are you familiar with Linux? If you are not, it may be too big a hurdle to surmount. (I have only a passing acquaintance with Linux.)
-- from CyberSimian in the UK