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  1. November 21st, 2013, 04:11 PM #1
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    Win 8 pc won't boot and I want the data

    How is everyone getting the data off a win 8 machine to restore it once you reinstall win8?


    Apparently you can't just hook it up and get the data.
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    I dont know what you are doing that you cannot get the data off cause i just
    loaded a hard drive with win 8 pro and then i took it and connected it to the
    system I am on now and I am able to access the libraries and get the data off without issue.

    So this leads me to 2 very very pertinent questions.
    1: exactly what was it that crashed such a new system?
    2: was it infected by the cryptolocker virus?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrit View Post
    I dont know what you are doing that you cannot get the data off cause i just
    loaded a hard drive with win 8 pro and then i took it and connected it to the
    system I am on now and I am able to access the libraries and get the data off without issue.

    So this leads me to 2 very very pertinent questions.
    1: exactly what was it that crashed such a new system?
    2: was it infected by the cryptolocker virus?


    The drive was in some sort of protected mode, darned if I can remember now what it was, and it wouldn't let me access it by attaching it to another pc. I have seen this twice now with win 8 machines. Not sure what crashed it but it would only show a white screen. Hardware tested fine.

    Ahh found it (gpt protected)


    IC my shop machines are all xp so it appears that I may need to upgrade to win7 on at least one of them.
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    Yes April 1 is coming very fast and with a zero exploit now looming large on the horizon for XP.
    I should say that it's time
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kodiak View Post
    The drive was in some sort of protected mode, darned if I can remember now what it was, and it wouldn't let me access it by attaching it to another pc. I have seen this twice now with win 8 machines. Not sure what crashed it but it would only show a white screen. Hardware tested fine.

    Ahh found it (gpt protected)


    IC my shop machines are all xp so it appears that I may need to upgrade to win7 on at least one of them.

    GPT works in windows as long as you have a UEFI bios.
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