Windows 8 Issue ???
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My friend installed the Windows 8 in the HP machine.The OS installed properly in the system.
The OS which was present previous was Windows 7.
Windows 7 OS has two drives.D and E drive has data on it.The installation of Windows 8 is done properly without deleting other drives(D and E).
When the Windows 8 OS is installed the system is checked with the machine for data in D and E drive.
After installation of Windows 8,the D drive was shown as RAW partition.
The raw partition is not formatted yet.
The system is booted in Safe mode to check the data in D drive,but unable to access the D drive in safe mode.The data is important.I have googled for this issue,the information states that the issue may with MBR of the Windows8?
Any suggestion to retrieve data from that drive???? -
Any suggestions for data recovery?
The pendrive used for the OS installation is also changed and checked for another system with Backup,the same issue happens in that system also -
Why are you installing Windows 8? If you going to upgrade go right to Windows 10.
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Never, ever do a windows install without a backup.
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@Lakshmana said:
The data is important.I have googled for this issue,the information states that the issue may with MBR of the Windows8?
If it was important we would presume that he has backups and, of course, would have taken a backup before installing Windows 8. Is just restoring the data from backup not an option?
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@StrongBad What makes you think they have a backup? Would we be having this conversation if they had a backup?
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Do you need to bring the drive online from disk management?
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Have you tried to boot from a LInux Live CD/USB? If not, you may wish to try this, mount the drive and see if the data is readable.
you may also be able to fix the MBR.
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@StrongBad the backup is not taken by the user.but there are many data present at D drive.He needs to retrieve it after D drive showing as RAW disk
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@Lakshmana your users pick there own operating system? That sounds like madness.
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@wrx7m The drive is already online but the D drive showing as RAW drive
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@Lakshmana said:
The user need to install windows 8 in it.So installed the OS to the user.The user does not yet used the Windows 10.So he prefers to install windows 8
That's circular reasoning. Of course he's never used it if he's avoiding it. Now he can continue with the same excuse because it isn't installed (till it upgrades automatically.)
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@Lakshmana said:
@StrongBad the backup is not taken by the user.but there are many data present at D drive.He needs to retrieve it after D drive showing as RAW disk
You should have started with a backup first thing, before touching anything.
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@Lakshmana said:
@wrx7m The drive is already online but the D drive showing as RAW drive
Get a recovery tool like Recuva, see if it can see the files.
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@scottalanmiller Whether it is possible to recover data properly without any loss
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's circular reasoning. Of course he's never used it if he's avoiding it. Now he can continue with the same excuse because it isn't installed (till it upgrades automatically.)
What if that user had never used Windows 8? Would you put them on Linux?
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@aaronstuder said:
@Lakshmana said:
@StrongBad the backup is not taken by the user.but there are many data present at D drive.He needs to retrieve it after D drive showing as RAW disk
You should have started with a backup first thing, before touching anything.
He said that it was important data - that means that he should have had a strong backup process in place all along.
He also said that the friend, not Lakshmana, did the upgrade. So who is responsible for backups if not the owner nor the person doing the install?
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller Whether it is possible to recover data properly without any loss
Can't know that yet, don't know what happened. Likely the data is fine, but we don't know for sure. Recuva will probably see it all.
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@aaronstuder said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's circular reasoning. Of course he's never used it if he's avoiding it. Now he can continue with the same excuse because it isn't installed (till it upgrades automatically.)
What if that user had never used Windows 8? Would you put them on Linux?
If they have used Windows 8 and liked it I would just take away their computer, they are clearly not ready to use one
Not necessarily Linux, but it should always be questioned. And ANYTIME someone refuses to go to the current Windows that alone is like a 90% chance that they should not be on Windows at all, in my book. If you don't trust and embrace your OS, time to move.
