Some folders are blocked when accessing hard drive using USB enclosure

I have files I need to access on my SATA hard drive. I have pulled this out of the laptop, placed in external USB enclosure but there are files in specific user folders that seem to be blocked. I know my passwords ect… but how do you enter these when you can only view hard [...]

How to recover files off a crashed hard drive

This is a guest article written by Emma Best from laptopical.com, a website that writes comprehensive laptop reviews and news.
One universal true about computers is this: the hard drive will fail. It is not a matter of if, but a matter of when. In an ideal world, every computer user would make regular, full backups [...]

My hard disk crashed and I cannot recover data

My laptop hard disk crashed along with optical drive. I have got the new parts in place now. I am connecting my old hard disk in an USB enclosure to the laptop. I cannot see the drive in My computer though it shows up in disk management as healthy. It is FAT 32.
Please help me [...]

Access denied because my documents are password protected on my laptop

My laptop OS crashed suddenly. I have some documents that i need to transfer real urgently, so i connected the laptop hard drive to an external case and tried copying it to my desktop. But it says access denied cause my documents ere password protected on my laptop …
Is there any any to go around [...]

Retrieve files from a laptop with damaged screen

Recently dropped my Dell inspiron 1150 laptop and now when i turn it on all i can see is 10% of the screen on top left h.side….good news is i didn’t damage my files but how do i go about retrieving files if i cannot see what i am doing and what steps do i [...]

How can I connect a laptop hard drive to a desktop computer so I can recover, transfer files?

Yesterday my laptop failed to boot. Everything appears to be normal but each time I turn it on it hangs on Windows screen with a running bar. I cannot boot my laptop to the desktop. I tested the hard drive and it passed the test. I think that my hard drive is fine and the [...]