Create a ubuntu boot disk [https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop|UBUNTU]
Boot to ubuntu
Click try ubuntu .../ Do not install it will overwrite data /
Put hd in an enclosure
Plug in enclosure to machine running ubuntu
open hd in folder
browse to c:/users/(your user)/ copy my documents,pictures, desktop etc. folders to another external drive
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If hd will not show up in ubuntu then you will probably not be able to recover your data locally, You still have to option of paying a data recovery service but this is rather expensive so it is usually not an option.
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If hd will not show up in ubuntu then you will probably not be able to recover your data locally, You still have the option of paying a data recovery service but this is rather expensive so it is usually not an option.
On a separate machine
Create a ubuntu boot disk [https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop|UBUNTU]
Boot to ubuntu
Click try ubuntu .../ Do not install it will overwrite data /
Put hd in an enclosure
Plug in enclosure to machine running ubuntu
open hd in folder
browse to c:/users/(your user)/ copy my documents,pictures, desktop etc. folders to another external drive
If hd will not show up in ubuntu then you will probably not be able to recover your data locally, You still have to option of paying a data recovery service but this is rather expensive so it is usually not an option.