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28-05-2007, 15:42

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Re: HDD crash, need help recovering data!

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Originally Posted by BobC

I am not an apple person. Is there a way to start your computer in what microsoft calls safe mode. If you can do it then copy the files you need to your external hard drive. The after you get a new hard drive installed you can copy your files back to the new drive.

If it's not seeing it, I doubt that safe mode would do it. (But, since you asked, you hold down the Shift key right after the startup chord.)

One solution that appears to work long enough to get the data off: freeze your hard drive. http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread9069.html

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