Need help retrieving my pic's etc from external old HDD

[Jen_AM]

Hi everyone,

Well to start off my old laptop broke so I had to purchase a new one, I also purchased a "CIT" external hard drive caddy and granted permission for me to access the old files (the old hard drive is an IDE) .. The problem I'm having is.. I *KNOW* the old drive had saved documents/pictures/videos etc stored on there ..however now it's showing as empty am I doing something wrong or is there some other way I need to grant permission to view the files? (I did the 'right click'.. go to 'properties'..click on 'security'..click 'advanced' and then tick my current user name on this new laptop.

Please help before I go insane lol

 

[tassietim]

only other thing u could try , that i can think off is go to Folder Options and check Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives in case that's hiding them

 

[zdbc13]

When your old laptop "broke" it's likely that the drive died. Do you have access to an older PC that you could hook it up to directly with the ide connector? You might need an adapter like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119245

 

[Jen_AM]

only other thing u could try , that i can think off is go to Folder Options and check Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives in case that's hiding them

Can you talk me through doing this please :/ I might have done it but I wanna double check I'm doing the right thing

 

[Jen_AM]

When your old laptop "broke" it's likely that the drive died. Do you have access to an older PC that you could hook it up to directly with the ide connector? You might need an adapter like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119245

hmm,,, my laptop wanted to see if it could throw itself downstairs and survive it failed and smashed up lol! ..It isn't broken cos of the hard drive it's broken cos the screen had enough of being attached to the rest of the device. -.-

 

[zdbc13]

Well, throwing a laptop downstairs is not good for the hard drive, either. Did you try my suggestion?

 

[Jen_AM]

Well, throwing a laptop downstairs is not good for the hard drive, either. Did you try my suggestion?

Yea I know ..Stupid laptop .. anyway, I don't have access to an old computer just like that ..and I have that adapter it's in the CIT external HDD enclosure

 

[Jen_AM]

There are some pictures that I can access in the "desktop" folder and some files music in the "music folder" .. Does this mean I must of deleted the pics etc..I might of just restored it to factory settings prior to the 'accident' .. I can't remember lol it's an OLD laptop ..

 

[tassietim]

in windows 7 open up Computer in top left should have Organize(click down arrow) go to
Folder and Search options that will bring up >Folder Options click >View tab you should see a check box 6th one down , has Don't show then Show hidden files, folders and drives , make sure Show is selected hit Apply
Dont know if that fix your issue or not