Hi, SSL Family Dad. Your video was a lifesaver. My hard drive crashed and I thought I'd lost all my treasured pictures forever. Thanks to your crystal clear video, and the written instructions accompanying it, and the great links to products you provided, I have my pictures back on my new machine. I can't thank you enough! I'd watched at least 8 other demos of how to retrieve material from crashed computers but your video was by far the best, in all departments. I'm the newest computer newby on planet earth, but thanks to you, even I was able to restore my pictures. Thank you again for making this possible.
I genuinely can not thank you enough for this video. You turned my problems into solutions, and now i have benfited from your help. If life is about good memories, you have added to mine 10 fold. From one household to another, i send sincere love. Thank you!
Thanks for this easy-to-follow tutorial. I saved myself a ton of money and anguish by trying this and successfully recovering all my old data (and irreplaceable family photos!) from a dead hard drive.
I have just found this video and would like to say thank you so much. You have given me faith that I have not lost all my life's work. Thank you, good Sir.
Excellent. This seems like everything I've been trying to research, to retrieve some old documents and photos from my dead desktop PC. It's detailed without being confusing. Well explained. Thank you. :)
This is fantastic! Thank you so much. I went into a store to find out how much it would be to recover my data from my laptop, and they quoted me $100. I'm glad I decided to do some more research before going through with it. Now I can do it myself for less that $20.
That's amazing. Needed to recover a ton of files from an initial Windows 8 machine that was TOTALLY dead and has been for years. Followed this vid with no expectations and now I have everything . Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! My computer crashed and I was despairing over all of my lost files but thanks to this video I have all of the things I lost! Thank you so much!!
I did a stupid thing and accidentally broke the screen on my laptop. Your step by step instructions made the process easy to understand. Now I need to buy a new laptop to then transfer my files. Thank you!
I have to say I am very thankful for you doing this video. If it wasn't for this video I would have never been able to get my data from my computer that crashed. I bought the adapter kit from Amazon and it worked like you said. I had spent 4 hours on the telephone with tech support and none of them had any answers close to what you presented in your video. God bless you
I just found this video tonight and like Lisa below, was devastated when electricity/outage fried my old desktop. I will try to order these tools from Amazon and recover my files. Thank you so very, very much.
Glad to find this. Had done this a few years back, but forgotten the process. Special thank you for writing it all out. I had forgotten initially to hit the show more in your description.I now have it printed out. According to Microsoft and motherboard manufacturer Gigabyte my less than 2 year old ibuypower deskktop with win 10 cannot handle win 10 updates as was made for win 7/xp. Hoping this will get my data as a computer repair tech added lots of partitions and then doesn't know what he did with the data he supposedly saved.
Thank you so much man you are one of the very very few users on utube that actually help!! Stupid Windows 10 crashed and wouldn't boot only leaving me with the blue screen of death. I was worried I would loose my pictures etc. but thankfully this worked! I will always back up my pics to an external hard drive from now on. Windows is just not reliable and their stupid updates in the background can screw your pc if you shut off your computer not knowing an update is happening! FOR USERS if you can't drag a main user file over from the harddrive to an external harddrive because it says you have no access just open the user name file and drag everything over individually. Example just drag pictures folder. Then just Desktop folder etc. CHEERS!!
A geek squad guy at Best Buy said today when I was there that he is seeing a lot of the Windows 10 blue screen of deaths. Thanks Microsoft for screwing people's computers up now I know why Window 10 was free... because it sucks!! :( I got what I paid for!!
Thank you so much for sharing this...I can't wait to retrieve info from dead desktops I've been lugging around because I didn't want to pay $200 per PC to retrieve data!!
Thanks, after watching about 4 other videos on the same subject you were the only one to address the security box and the fact that on can't do anything with the other Data stored on the donor hard drive.
Thank you, I'm getting those cables on order. So the hard drive is corrupted and I was told by the fix it techs to retrieve the data I would need to send it out where they would retrieve the info while in a clean room. I mentioned your UA-cam and how understandable the info is. They said you don't know what you're talking about, I misunderstood, or you were talking about something else. Good thing they display their true colors and I didn't use their service. Thanks again and my new computer came in today! Wahooo!
This was a great video. I have two older computers that have some documents and photos that I would like but they keep crashing before I my transfer can be completed. This is a big help and now maybe I can factory reset these old computers but make sure my documents are safe.
Very helpful and informative! Thank you for sharing. Also, I want to thank you for putting that verse(Joshua 1:9) at the end of the video. It's just what I needed today as an encouragement. God bless you!
Thanks for your concise and clear info. How do I copy the data files from the old hard drive to the new laptop without creating duplicate files (or copies)? One thought, move the folders to the desktop view (like you show) on the new laptop. Then backup the new laptop to an external hard drive (I have a WD Passport). Then delete the folder that you put on your desktop view. Finally, upload information from the WD Passport to your new laptop. Thanks for you advice!
Awesome video! I bought the cables and was able to transfer all my data from my dead desktop to my laptop. I saved so much money doing it this way. Thank you so much for posting this video!
What specific cables did you purchase ? From Amazon ? Is there a model number I should definitely get ? What’s the average cost for the cables ? Thank you
Question- is there any concern that any virus from my former computer can end up when I transfer the old files to my new computer? I love your video and I have not done it yet, but this is great information and you make it look really easy lol. I can only hope it is really as easy as you make it look. Thanks for your time.
I can't thank you enough for this video, it has really helped me so much. A computer guy I took my dead computer wanted to charge me a whole lot of money to do this and asked me to get a external HDD myself. I only need to get my pictures which is less than 500 and a few letters (like 25). Thank you so very much
Hey man thanks a bunch, really helped. In case people have the issue that their hard drive cant be read, and you are getting the "Parameters are Incorrect" error like I was, open the command prompt(admin) and type in "chkdsk /f G:" the G: is just whatever letter is next to your hard drive, it could be like F or C or anything like that.
Thank you soooo much . I literally have been staring at a dead computer and like what’s the EASIEST to way to export data because seriously , I don’t have a lot of money. Ty ty.
A while back I had I had the shocking experience of my laptop not being able to start up Windows, and old Windows Vista. I knew there was a way around recuperating data from the hard drive, so I looked up info. and this was the first video that I came across that I found to be super helpful. I looked up info on what cables I needed, etc and I found something in Amazon, but I needed to check back on the video for anything I might have missed. Unfortunately, I could not find the video lol, but I searched my History, and I finally found this video again, it was like loosing an extremely important document, because there is no other video that explains what you have explained so that I am able to understand it. I have subscribed, now so that I do not lose the video again. Thanks so much.
very helpful how u show different things u might need for the two diff type harddrives. but if u get that universal kit isnt that all u need whether its a sata type or ide type if we are talking about laptops only since ide desktops have a different connection type
I watched the tutorial and I thought it was pretty amazing! I just got a question and a little problem. I have a 2018-2019 HP 15da0012dx laptop and I unhooked the SATA SSD, can these steps still apply to the SATA SSD or will it not work?
Your video is clear and concise. I could not afford to pay $500 for data recovery from my 2010 laptop. You made it seem so simple. Why is the cost to recover data so expensive?
Coz it is how they make their money. You can get 2.5 SATA external drive on ebay for 5 bucks....with useful screwdriver. Mine is downloading as I type! Just follow this vid and you are away!!……………….
This is very interesting. You didn't address a desk top, though. How do I know what the hard drive is on a desk top computer? You did a great job and I hope that I can do this.
Thanks for this great video! I purchased an IDE adapter and was able to follow your instructions very easily (I know very litte about hardware), but when I went to transfer the files from my old hard drive, I found that at least half of them were missing. Does this mean my old hard drive crashed and the files were lost? I had to do this because my old laptop simply would no longer boot up.
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you can also upload a video about checking damages to laptop hard drives and how to recover files from them. Specifically, those hard drives that came from computers that have been dropped to the floor or physically damaged in some other way. If not in a video tutorial, I hope you can answer them here. Thank you!
Jesa Perl Unfortunately if the hard drive is damaged and is clicking or not spinning up/not readable there is not much that you can do from a DIY standpoint. There is some specialized software and equipment that can be used to recover data but that is something you would probably have to pay a data recover service to do for you. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Thank you very much, suburban Christian dad guy. I don't know much at all about computer hardware. Now I've got the hard drive out of my dead laptop, and I've just started copying the files to my new desktop. Currently at 0% complete. I think this will take awhile. Anyway, I've got this far, so that's good. Thanks.
Hey I just saw your video, found it really helpful for me right now. Well. In my case, the problem is, I had made a partition in the hard drive, and had shifted the data, to it, regularly. My first question is, will it be available still ? Secondly, what exactly is there in the system reserved partition ?
This is great to stumble upon! We've got an old (probably 9 - 10 years) desktop that finally gave it up last year before I could get the files off of it. But I'm pretty sure that the old pc was running Windows 10. Will this process be any different or impeded due to Windows 10?
Thanks brother, I will have to buy one of those transfer cables, I have several old hard drives I need to recover files from; never wanted to take them to anyone to recover the data, felt too private, like someone seeing you naked, lol... I know computers very well, all the way back to my first cpu a Texas Instruments in 1980 which had to be hooked up to a TV like an ATARI... This is one area I knew nothing about, I am now complete, looks as simple as plugging in a flash drive... God Bless.
A TI in 1980, that was cutting edge stuff back then! Glad the video helped you out, I know so many people who do not want to take their computers in for data backups or transfers due to privacy. This way you can get it done at home and save a lot of money. Good luck and hit me up if you have any questions as always. God bless you man!
Thank you, FamilyDad, for this informative video! I see my external drive labeled "FACTORY IMAGE (F)" but when I open it, it shows only a folder named "Recovery" (nothing happens when I open that one) and a second item called "HP_.WSD.dat". What now?
Excellent video! Looking to buy the USB adapter from Amazon. The old hard drive is from a Dell laptop. How do I know If I need USB 2.0 or 3.0 for the adapter? Also, If I buy the adapter kit, I don’t need the external case, correct? Thanks again!!
I don't see the "kit" listed. There is one universal cable and 4 enclosures listed. I would like the kit, for NOW and for future use. THANK YOU for this video!
Hi, SSL Family Dad. Your video was a lifesaver. My hard drive crashed and I thought I'd lost all my treasured pictures forever. Thanks to your crystal clear video, and the written instructions accompanying it, and the great links to products you provided, I have my pictures back on my new machine. I can't thank you enough! I'd watched at least 8 other demos of how to retrieve material from crashed computers but your video was by far the best, in all departments. I'm the newest computer newby on planet earth, but thanks to you, even I was able to restore my pictures. Thank you again for making this possible.
I genuinely can not thank you enough for this video. You turned my problems into solutions, and now i have benfited from your help. If life is about good memories, you have added to mine 10 fold. From one household to another, i send sincere love. Thank you!
The only video I could find that showed me exactly what to do in plain language. Thank you.
This saved my life and preventing the loss so many hours of work. Thank you! I seriosly lost all hope. I can't thank you enough
Thanks for this easy-to-follow tutorial. I saved myself a ton of money and anguish by trying this and successfully recovering all my old data (and irreplaceable family photos!) from a dead hard drive.
I have just found this video and would like to say thank you so much. You have given me faith that I have not lost all my life's work. Thank you, good Sir.
Excellent. This seems like everything I've been trying to research, to retrieve some old documents and photos from my dead desktop PC. It's detailed without being confusing. Well explained. Thank you. :)
This is fantastic! Thank you so much. I went into a store to find out how much it would be to recover my data from my laptop, and they quoted me $100. I'm glad I decided to do some more research before going through with it. Now I can do it myself for less that $20.
Same here.
That's amazing. Needed to recover a ton of files from an initial Windows 8 machine that was TOTALLY dead and has been for years. Followed this vid with no expectations and now I have everything . Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! My computer crashed and I was despairing over all of my lost files but thanks to this video I have all of the things I lost! Thank you so much!!
I did a stupid thing and accidentally broke the screen on my laptop. Your step by step instructions made the process easy to understand. Now I need to buy a new laptop to then transfer my files. Thank you!
I have to say I am very thankful for you doing this video. If it wasn't for this video I would have never been able to get my data from my computer that crashed. I bought the adapter kit from Amazon and it worked like you said. I had spent 4 hours on the telephone with tech support and none of them had any answers close to what you presented in your video. God bless you
ro hann can you please comment here the names and links of the accessories which is needed for this process
Is it possible to recover data from a dead hard drive?
I posted a link for the kit I purchased on Amazon. Worked flawlessly.
Thank you for this helpful video! I now back up my files from my laptop onto an external drive at the end of each session JUST IN CASE! Great video!!!
Thanks for taking the time to make the video. Very well done!
You are a life saver!!! Thank you for this video! I’m recovering my files as we speak!
This was a super easy to understand video and was very helpful. Thanks!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video, I was successful following your lead.
I just found this video tonight and like Lisa below, was devastated when electricity/outage fried my old desktop. I will try to order these tools from Amazon and recover my files. Thank you so very, very much.
Very Clear and worked like a charm. Thank you for saving me 200$ for recovering data from 2 laptops
Glad to find this. Had done this a few years back, but forgotten the process. Special thank you for writing it all out. I had forgotten initially to hit the show more in your description.I now have it printed out. According to Microsoft and motherboard manufacturer Gigabyte my less than 2 year old ibuypower deskktop with win 10 cannot handle win 10 updates as was made for win 7/xp. Hoping this will get my data as a computer repair tech added lots of partitions and then doesn't know what he did with the data he supposedly saved.
Thank you for the video. Exactly the info I needed. Much appreciated.
Thanks excellent video, instructions, and references. Worked perfectly!
Thank you so much man you are one of the very very few users on utube that actually help!! Stupid Windows 10 crashed and wouldn't boot only leaving me with the blue screen of death. I was worried I would loose my pictures etc. but thankfully this worked! I will always back up my pics to an external hard drive from now on. Windows is just not reliable and their stupid updates in the background can screw your pc if you shut off your computer not knowing an update is happening! FOR USERS if you can't drag a main user file over from the harddrive to an external harddrive because it says you have no access just open the user name file and drag everything over individually. Example just drag pictures folder. Then just Desktop folder etc. CHEERS!!
A geek squad guy at Best Buy said today when I was there that he is seeing a lot of the Windows 10 blue screen of deaths. Thanks Microsoft for screwing people's computers up now I know why Window 10 was free... because it sucks!! :( I got what I paid for!!
I was about to be completely devastated that I had lost nearly 10 years of photos! I can’t thank you enough!
Stephanie Bishop did this method work for you?
Excellent! Thank you very much. I was able to transfer all my data using your simple steps.
Thank you so much for your help! You are so amazing at explaining this and I really appreciate it! Saved me a lot of money doing this myself!
Thank you so much for sharing this...I can't wait to retrieve info from dead desktops I've been lugging around because I didn't want to pay $200 per PC to retrieve data!!
Thanks, after watching about 4 other videos on the same subject you were the only one to address the security box and the fact that on can't do anything with the other Data stored on the donor hard drive.
giantgeoff Glad you found it helpful!
Thank you, I'm getting those cables on order.
So the hard drive is corrupted and I was told by the fix it techs to retrieve the data I would need to send it out where they would retrieve the info while in a clean room.
I mentioned your UA-cam and how understandable the info is.
They said you don't know what you're talking about, I misunderstood, or you were talking about something else.
Good thing they display their true colors and I didn't use their service.
Thanks again and my new computer came in today!
Wahooo!
Love this video. Have 2 unused computer that have some files. Maybe unneeded but I now know how to check.Thanks again for this information.
Thanks dude!.I got released of old time crashed OS issues and recovered significant data for me!.
This was a great video. I have two older computers that have some documents and photos that I would like but they keep crashing before I my transfer can be completed. This is a big help and now maybe I can factory reset these old computers but make sure my documents are safe.
Very helpful and informative! Thank you for sharing. Also, I want to thank you for putting that verse(Joshua 1:9) at the end of the video. It's just what I needed today as an encouragement. God bless you!
Great video ! I got the kit you used . It takes a while to copy to my desktop but worth it .
I haven't tried it yet, but this was great information. Thank you
This info's still relevant in 2022. Many thanks.
lifesaver! getting my four years of work back for only $25 instead of $200
Thank you for the info...it is very helpful!
such an informative and clear video! thanks so much
Thank you for making this painless.
Thank you so much this was a life saver!!
You have the most flight attendant voice I've ever heard lol. Good job. Thank you for this video.
I think he's more like the pilot
Thanks for your concise and clear info. How do I copy the data files from the old hard drive to the new laptop without creating duplicate files (or copies)?
One thought, move the folders to the desktop view (like you show) on the new laptop. Then backup the new laptop to an external hard drive (I have a WD Passport). Then delete the folder that you put on your desktop view. Finally, upload information from the WD Passport to your new laptop.
Thanks for you advice!
Awesome video! I bought the cables and was able to transfer all my data from my dead desktop to my laptop. I saved so much money doing it this way. Thank you so much for posting this video!
gibsonplayer8 No problem! So glad it worked well for you!
What specific cables did you purchase ? From Amazon ? Is there a model number I should definitely get ? What’s the average cost for the cables ? Thank you
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO.THIS HELPED SO MUCH
My Laptop just crashed and you just answered my question. Thanks for sharing!👍
Thanks very much. Your video helps me a lot.
Excellent video and very educational. Thanks! Clint
Question- is there any concern that any virus from my former computer can end up when I transfer the old files to my new computer? I love your video and I have not done it yet, but this is great information and you make it look really easy lol. I can only hope it is really as easy as you make it look. Thanks for your time.
I can't thank you enough for this video, it has really helped me so much. A computer guy I took my dead computer wanted to charge me a whole lot of money to do this and asked me to get a external HDD myself. I only need to get my pictures which is less than 500 and a few letters (like 25). Thank you so very much
+Marilyn Alvarez glad it helped you out!
@@SSLFamilyDad is it possible to transfer data this way from a chrome computer to a windows computer
Hey man thanks a bunch, really helped. In case people have the issue that their hard drive cant be read, and you are getting the "Parameters are Incorrect" error like I was, open the command prompt(admin) and type in "chkdsk /f G:" the G: is just whatever letter is next to your hard drive, it could be like F or C or anything like that.
Oh wow! Thank you so much! It really worked! I thought I lost it all....and I got it back:)
Thank you for this info...I'm not super techy so this was concise and easy to follow...
+Kym Barnes Excellent, hope it helped you out!
@@SSLFamilyDad I did not see the place or name of the kit you spoke of but I would like to find it
Thank you so much this will save me a bundle!
Thank you for this video was very easy to understand
Thank you! This worked. Much appreciated!
This video is amazing, I'll make sure to put it to good use
great video and tools discovered. keep it up
Thank you soooo much . I literally have been staring at a dead computer and like what’s the EASIEST to way to export data because seriously , I don’t have a lot of money. Ty ty.
A while back I had I had the shocking experience of my laptop not being able to start up Windows, and old Windows Vista. I knew there was a way around recuperating data from the hard drive, so I looked up info. and this was the first video that I came across that I found to be super helpful. I looked up info on what cables I needed, etc and I found something in Amazon, but I needed to check back on the video for anything I might have missed. Unfortunately, I could not find the video lol, but I searched my History, and I finally found this video again, it was like loosing an extremely important document, because there is no other video that explains what you have explained so that I am able to understand it. I have subscribed, now so that I do not lose the video again. Thanks so much.
Thank you for this video. It save me a lot of money.
very helpful how u show different things u might need for the two diff type harddrives. but if u get that universal kit isnt that all u need whether its a sata type or ide type if we are talking about laptops only since ide desktops have a different connection type
I watched the tutorial and I thought it was pretty amazing! I just got a question and a little problem. I have a 2018-2019 HP 15da0012dx laptop and I unhooked the SATA SSD, can these steps still apply to the SATA SSD or will it not work?
Thank you so much! Best Buy screwed me over and only put 1/3 of my stuff on my new computer!
Incredibly helpful.
Exellent video sir,very helpfull indeed,steve from the uk.thankyou.
Very informative. I was wondering if you need to do a virus check before to transferring data.
Your video is clear and concise. I could not afford to pay $500 for data recovery from my 2010 laptop. You made it seem so simple. Why is the cost to recover data so expensive?
Coz it is how they make their money. You can get 2.5 SATA external drive on ebay for 5 bucks....with useful screwdriver. Mine is downloading as I type! Just follow this vid and you are away!!……………….
thanks for making this video. it helped me a lot.
+abbyboyone Glad I could help!
Another great video. Thanks. :)
This video really helped me out alot.
Worked great. Thanks!
I can not thank you enough bro💖💖
Thank you soo much.
You saved my life 💖💖💖💖💖🥰
This is very interesting. You didn't address a desk top, though. How do I know what the hard drive is on a desk top computer?
You did a great job and I hope that I can do this.
I just watched this video but still super helpful!!
Hi,
This video is awesome! What hard drive enclosure should I use for a HP computer?
Thanks for this great video! I purchased an IDE adapter and was able to follow your instructions very easily (I know very litte about hardware), but when I went to transfer the files from my old hard drive, I found that at least half of them were missing. Does this mean my old hard drive crashed and the files were lost? I had to do this because my old laptop simply would no longer boot up.
Great video. Very clear
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you can also upload a video about checking damages to laptop hard drives and how to recover files from them. Specifically, those hard drives that came from computers that have been dropped to the floor or physically damaged in some other way. If not in a video tutorial, I hope you can answer them here. Thank you!
Jesa Perl Unfortunately if the hard drive is damaged and is clicking or not spinning up/not readable there is not much that you can do from a DIY standpoint. There is some specialized software and equipment that can be used to recover data but that is something you would probably have to pay a data recover service to do for you. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Nice video sir. i myself recovered file from dead / broken laptop with very simple steps and i released a report on HOW I DID IT ON MY PROFILE
Thank you very much, suburban Christian dad guy. I don't know much at all about computer hardware. Now I've got the hard drive out of my dead laptop, and I've just started copying the files to my new desktop. Currently at 0% complete. I think this will take awhile. Anyway, I've got this far, so that's good. Thanks.
Great video thanks a million!
thank you this worked like a charm
Hey I just saw your video, found it really helpful for me right now. Well. In my case, the problem is, I had made a partition in the hard drive, and had shifted the data, to it, regularly. My first question is, will it be available still ? Secondly, what exactly is there in the system reserved partition ?
Great Video, Awesome Job!
Thanks for the info...
This is great to stumble upon! We've got an old (probably 9 - 10 years) desktop that finally gave it up last year before I could get the files off of it.
But I'm pretty sure that the old pc was running Windows 10. Will this process be any different or impeded due to Windows 10?
Thanks. FYI Josh 1:9 is one of my most fav words of encouragement :)
Hi. You said in the video that you would add a link or information to determine which hook up we need. Did I miss that?
The video makes the process and achievable by the least techie types like me! Will I be able to copy emails during this process?
Thanks brother, I will have to buy one of those transfer cables, I have several old hard drives I need to recover files from; never wanted to take them to anyone to recover the data, felt too private, like someone seeing you naked, lol... I know computers very well, all the way back to my first cpu a Texas Instruments in 1980 which had to be hooked up to a TV like an ATARI... This is one area I knew nothing about, I am now complete, looks as simple as plugging in a flash drive... God Bless.
A TI in 1980, that was cutting edge stuff back then! Glad the video helped you out, I know so many people who do not want to take their computers in for data backups or transfers due to privacy. This way you can get it done at home and save a lot of money. Good luck and hit me up if you have any questions as always. God bless you man!
Thank you, FamilyDad, for this informative video! I see my external drive labeled "FACTORY IMAGE (F)" but when I open it, it shows only a folder named "Recovery" (nothing happens when I open that one) and a second item called "HP_.WSD.dat". What now?
great video man!!!!
Excellent video! Looking to buy the USB adapter from Amazon. The old hard drive is from a Dell laptop. How do I know If I need USB 2.0 or 3.0 for the adapter? Also, If I buy the adapter kit, I don’t need the external case, correct? Thanks again!!
Im taking a network tech class and im currently building a network. Of course I start right before I have my certification quiz.
I don't see the "kit" listed. There is one universal cable and 4 enclosures listed. I would like the kit, for NOW and for future use. THANK YOU for this video!
Thanks will try on old Armada Compaq.
Thanks worked on my sons old computer.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU What a great informative video al my photos are back