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Getting data off an old hard disk
I have a hard disk out of a computer with a corrupt MBR, and before that it would only do a restart loop. I am wondering how I would go about getting the data off this hard disk if I were to just plug it into my computer.
Thing is, the drive is an IDE, I do not have any IDE interface on my motherboard, so I would have to get some sort of external enclosure.
Also the drive is formatted into a Drive C:\ (NTFS) and a Drive D:\ (FAT 32) It is out of an old HP Pavilion computer. What I am wondering is if that would cause an issue if I were to plug it into my computer. Would it just read the data no problem or would I have to do anything to get both partitions to read.
Another thing I am wondering, Will I have to set the jumper settings on the Hard disk to either master or slave, or should I just leave it as Cable Select?
I have no interest in restoring the operating system on the machine it came out of, i just want the data.
Thank you for your help in advance.