New mem corrupted HD, OS not working!!!

[ashegam]

So I guess I installed a couple of bad sticks of mem and it corrupted my OS to the point that my comp wont' boot into windows.

So I purchased a usb enclosure thingy megingy and hooked up my laptop HD ( the bad one ) to my desktop. I can access the HD just fine but I can't see all the files. when I hover the mouse over the drive it shows 13GB used but when I actually go into the HD no folder even comes close to having that much data. some are just empty or just don't show up.

How can I recover the data on my HD?

 

[0roo0roo]

are you sure its the ram?
if it were faulty like that i'm sure you'd be crashing like crazy
if its really just a file structure corruption then something like spinrite might fix it. if it were actual corruption where the data was faulty as it was written to the drive, well its gone. test the ram using software and let it run for atleaste a few hours.

 

[RebateMonger]

Hidden folders?

Also, you may need to Take Ownership and set security permissions to access some folders. Especially those in "My Douments".

 

[ashegam]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
Hidden folders?

Also, you may need to Take Ownership and set security permissions to access some folders. Especially those in "My Douments".

OrooOroo, they are not hidden as i made sure of that.

RM.... yest the documents one is the one I'm having problems with and I do get a you can't access this etc... message.

I read the MS link but I don't have a security tab or anything like it. What should I do?

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: ashegam

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
I read the MS link but I don't have a security tab or anything like it. What should I do?

Read the MS document again. More carefully.....

You are using either XP Home or XP Professional (in simple file sharing mode). In that case, use Windows XP Safe Mode.

Don't feel bad. Most folks miss this important point, too.