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Guidance on how to recover my data safely?


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#1 marshy2

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Posted 08 July 2023 - 12:30 PM

So I just finished a 20 hour backup and wipe of my C: Drive to fix contant BSOD and Hard Drive repair errors I was getting for months now. Since 4/10 whenever I would Shut Down or Restart my PC I would be given these errors. Just finished reinstalling Windows so now I'm at a clean slate. Gave the PC a couple tests 5 restarts & 5 Shut Downs and Ons, and it looks like this solved my issues. Now that it seems like it's not a bad HDD (I even checked in CrystalDiskInfo beforehand and everything looked good) how should I go about recovering my data to make sure I don't repeat whatever was breaking my computer in the first place?

I will be honest aside from Documents txts., pictures, videos, music, I do have some questionable folders from that C: Drive in certain places. I have certain emulators, some like TeknoParrot where I've even had to place games in the C: Drive directory itself for them to work however with those types of programs it's kind of run by a "we all just trust this isn't messing with my computer" type of thing.

So honestly just any tips on how to breakdown what was causing the problems in my backup would be most appreciated.



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Posted 08 July 2023 - 12:51 PM

This topic is a duplicate of: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/787193/guidance-on-how-to-recover-my-data-safely/


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Posted 08 July 2023 - 12:52 PM

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Posted 08 July 2023 - 01:56 PM

I  closed the duplicate post/topic.

 

Please download MiniToolBox  , save it to your desktop and run it.   Checkmark the following checkboxes:
  List last 10 Event Viewer log
  List Installed Programs
  List Users, Partitions and Memory size.
 
Click Go and paste the content into your next post.
 
Also...please Publish a Snapshot using Speccy taking care to post the link of the snapshot in your next post.

   Go to  website, and download the free version on the left.  Click Download from ccleanercom (the FileHippo link requires an extra click). Or if you want to use a portable version of Speccy (which doesn't require installation), click the builds page link and download the portable version. You will now be asked where you want to save the file. The best place to put it is the Desktop, as it will be easy to find later.

    After the file finishes downloading, you are ready to run Speccy. If you downloaded the installer, simply double-click on it and follow the prompts until installation is complete. If you downloaded the portable version, you will need to unzip it before use. Right-click the ZIP file and click Extract all. Click Next. Open up the extracted folder and double-click on Speccy.
 
     Once inside Speccy, it will look similar to this (with your computer's specifications, of course):
 
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     Now, at the top, click File > Publish Snapshot.

     Click Yes > then Copy to Clipboard

Now, once you are back in the forum topic you are posting in, click the ADD REPLY or REPLY TO THIS TOPIC button. Right-click in the empty space of the Reply box and click Paste. Then, click Post below the Reply box.

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