[40vern]

i did all the instructions however when i click on the filling cabnet i see docments. when i open documents it is empty

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does this mean data is lost. the instructions say that after i click on drivers icon that it should turn green then look for the filling cabinent. it should be green as well but mine stayes yellow. when i click on it i see documents. when i open documents it is empty.

[40vern]

does this mean data is lost. the instructions say that after i click on drivers icon that it should turn green then look for the filling cabinent. it should be green as well but mine stayes yellow. when i click on it i see documents. when i open documents it is empty.

[rshaffer61]

Did you click on the main drive and made sure it was mounted?

[40vern]

yes sir it even had the name of the flash drive that i bought today

[rshaffer61]

Not the flash drive. The main C drive.

[40vern]

i dont see a c drive

[40vern]

on the window that sais pmount puppy driver mounter i have these

floppy drive

cd/dev/hdv,uja

and disk/dev/sda mb, sandisk sandisk cruzer

this last one listed is the one that is green with the yellow filing cabinet

Edited by 40vern, 28 February 2010 - 04:47 PM.

[rshaffer61]

It's not seeing your hd.. it should show HDA

[rshaffer61]

The option now is to take the drive out and slave it in a known working system or as a external drive and see if it is seen then.

[40vern]

this would be an option for me since i have taken the computer all apart before. i could try this with some instructions.

in your opinion why would it not see me hda? just wondering.

seams like i read somewhere that i could buy something from walmart like a case or something and put my hard drive inside and hook it up to my new computer and read the files. have your heard something like this?

[rshaffer61]

Yep it's called a external enclosure.
Something like these HERE.
They are for desktop hard drives which are 3.5" drives.
The only thing you need to know is if your drive is IDE or SATA.
Then the connection from the enclosure to your system you are going to use would most likely be USB.
Then you could try to pull the data off and put it on a cd\dvd or a hard drive in the system you are using to access your drive from.

[40vern]

ok how can i find out if it is a ide or a sata?

Edited by 40vern, 28 February 2010 - 06:30 PM.

[rshaffer61]

OK from what I have been able to find the laptop is pretty old and seems to have a IDE hard drive. I see it has like a 20 gig hard drive. Does this seem right to you on the capacity of the hard drive?

[40vern]

yes it is very old about 6 maybe 8 years old. i cannot find any stickers as to the size of the hard drive though.

the sleave that you are talking about can i buy them at radio shack? i will try and get one tomorrow.

Edited by 40vern, 28 February 2010 - 07:04 PM.

[rshaffer61]

I think Radio Shack may have them. I found this HERE on Radio Shacks site. 2.5" hard drive enclosures which is what your laptop would have.
On the model number of your laptop there should be more then just Presario 2700
There should be some extra letters after that. If you can get those letters i can try to run the specs down a little more.

Edited by rshaffer61, 28 February 2010 - 07:32 PM.