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Maybe wrong place to ask but...I need help with an old hard drive (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
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I bought an adapter to retrieve old files from ancient hard drives and I didn't save the stuff from one I had looked at. Now though when I plug it in it will only read as an android file system? It has 2 disk images now, one is labeled Presario D: which shows up as an android backup or something but all folders are empty. The other is Local Disk E: and if I click it it literally just locks up my file explorer to the point I have to restart the PC.

Any thoughts or ideas?

I may have plugged it into an android phone at some point? Not sure though.

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah try opening with Linux live image. Linux mint or Ubuntu should work. Also sounds crazy but rotate the drive around slowly in your hand while it's plugged in and you're browsing. If the files show up, stop rotating it and quickly copy you files to a safe place.

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