Internet Explorer Question

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:00 pm

I had to replace the "master" HD on my computer with a new one, but I have been able to reinstall the old one as a "slave", so I still have all of the data available. I had my most-used internet links set up on the "links" toolbar of the old system. I know where I can find the "favorites" file, but can't find where the "links" are stored. Is there a file somewhere in the Documents and Settings folder that contains these links?

(XP Home)

TIA

Sky · Post by **Sky** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:58 pm

C:\Documents and Settings\"user"\Favorites\Links

That is where my links are kept.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:08 pm

Damn. I didn't notice that in there.

Thanks.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:10 pm

That's cause you're old. :)

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:30 pm

Older than some, younger than others.

What were we talking about again?

:?

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:36 pm

consider yoruself lucky on the HD. My data storage HD crashed a few years back, and no computer could get past the problem. It was a corruption in some necessary file for reading the disk, not the motor itself. 95% of the data is still there, but it can't be read. Sucks for me.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:05 pm

Well...

It turns out that the primary HD was not corrupt after all, but was so bogged down with malware remnants and other shit that I couldn't seem to clear off, that it had slowed the system waaaaay down. I've been thinking of reinstalling the system for quite some time anyway. But it turns out that it was the secondary ("slave") that was the real problem.

A couple of days ago I started getting a message that there was a problem with the HD, and the machine wouldn't even boot. At first I assumed that it was the primary drive causing the problem, so I went out and got a new 300 GB monster (the original is only 40). After reinstalling the system and all the updates the machine runs better than when it was new. I was able to install the original HD as a slave and get access to all the data. But when I put in the secondary data drive I got the same no boot message. There is a lot of important stuff on there (a lot of which has been backed up on CDs but I'm not sure how much) and I'm afraid I'm going to have to send it out to some data recovery service to see if anything is salvageable.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:17 pm

data recovery services are VERY expensive, as much as thousands of dollars.

They charge a lot because of the equipment they use, and the fact that they dismantle the drive, usually.

There are some progrms out there that recover data, but I have not had the time to investigate them.

ElTaco · Post by **ElTaco** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:17 am

You don't need data recovery services unless you have a damaged Drive. If you had data corrupted, mount it as a 2nd read only drive and then use a file undelete type program to recover any files that weren't corrupted.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:36 am

Honestly ET, I tried that, and had the bad drive set up as a slave. The main new drive could not read from it. You could hear the drive spin, and an attempt was made to open it, but then "error reading drive F:" popped up. I used a scanner software program to see what was up, and there were errors in some of the physical locations, about 39 - what do you call them - buffers? Don't know the actual name, but they had a string of letters and numbers indicating which ones were bad. unfortnately it was 40 bucks to buy the program to fix it, and I didn't want to buy one off software like that because I had read a couple of borderline reviews on it.

I was hoping to find a free prgram to fix the dang thing, but never did, so I just bought a new HD and went forward from there. It is still collectinng dust in my storage closet.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:52 pm

Here's something you might want to try. An IT guy at work suggested it. My problem is somewhat different than yours in that my bad drive, which I used to have set up as a slave, caused the computer to not even boot. Once I removed that drive I was OK. I did replace the primary drive with a new HD, but was able to put the old primary back in as a slave and get the data off of it.

The suggestion was to unplug the CD drive and connect the HD through that cable. It sounds like your drive isn't being read at all so this may not help, but for mine if I can get it to read the drive it probably won't have the same effect on the system because it's going through a different controller. Worth a try anyway.