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19 February 2024  Ashley S. Miller  Specialist of Customer Service Dept.
 

Summary
Discover the techniques for retrieving your vital data from a non-starting computer. Gain access to crucial files on a hard drive that won't boot, ensuring you're equipped to handle situations where the operating system fails to launch.



Table of contents

table iconI. Remove the computer hard disk, connect it to other PCs and restore data
table iconII. Use Renee Passnow to create a boot disk and restore data
how to recover files from a hard drive that wont boot

I. Remove the computer hard disk, connect it to other PCs and restore data

When your computer won’t start, you can Remove the computer hard drive and connect it to another computer through a hard drive reader or hard drive box , open the hard disk to check whether there is data loss, if there is data loss, then use professional data recovery software to recover data. Here we recommend you to use Renee Undeleter , let’s learn more about this software and how to use it.

1. What is Renee Undeleter?

Renee Undeleter It is a software specially used to restore various data files. When you accidentally delete important files, empty the recycle bin, or format the disk/storage, you can use this tool to retrieve the lost data. The software covers four functional modules, including file recovery, format recovery, partition recovery and image creation. Therefore, it can help you solve all possible data loss problems that may occur during system use in an all-round way, which is very convenient.
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Easy to use Recover data by 3 steps;

Multiple scan modes Fast partition scan, whole partition scan and whole disk scan;

Supported file types Image, video, audio, text, email and so on;

Image creation Create a partition image to read and back up data;

Supported devices SD card, SDHC, SDXC, USB flash drive, hard disk and computer.

Easy to use Recover data by 3 steps;

Multiple scan modes Fast partition/whole partition/whole disk scan;

Supported devices SD card/USB/hard disk.

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2. How to use Renee Undeleter to recover hard disk data?

As a professional data recovery software, Renee Undeleter not only has comprehensive functions, but also is very simple to operate. The specific operation steps are as follows:
Step 1: Download, install and run Renee Undeleter on another computer that can boot normally, connect the hard disk to the computer, and select the (Partition Recovery) option on the main interface.
Note: Do not install on the disk that needs to restore data, so as not to cause data overwriting.
select whole disk scan to scan disk in renee undeleter
Data recovery function introduction:
File Recovery – Quickly retrieve files lost due to accidental deletion or emptying the recycle bin.
Formatted Recovery – Quickly recover files lost due to inaccessible or formatted partitions.
Partition Recovery – Analyze and get partition information and perform a full scan of the entire partition.
Create Mirror – You can create a mirror image for a partition to back up the current partition state.

Step 2: Next, select the drive device to be scanned, and click (Next). Select (default setting) on the advanced setting interface.
select a disk to recover in renee undeleter
Step 3: After that, the software will analyze the drive device. After the analysis, a prompt window of “Select the partition you need to scan” may pop up. You can select the corresponding partition according to your needs. will be longer.
scanning the whole disk in renee undeleter
After scanning, you can preview the files in the preview window on the right, then select the files you need to restore, and click the (Recover) button in the lower right corner to restore the selected files.
preview before recovery
undeleter preview docx
Step 4: Next, select the target folder, click (Browse) to select the path to store the file, and then click the (Restore) button to start executing the file recovery command, you only need to wait patiently.
Note: Do not save the recovered files on the original disk to avoid data overwriting. It is recommended to choose another disk to save these recovered files.
recover the whole disk data

II. Use Renee Passnow to create a boot disk and restore data

In addition to the above methods, you can also use data recovery software that can create bootable media to save all the data on the faulty hard drive to another safe external storage device. Let’s take Renee Passnow as an example to teach you how to save the failed hard disk without entering Data recovery/transfer operation under Windows system.

1. What is Renee Passnow?

Renee PassNow is a professional system rescue software, which can help Windows users clear Windows account passwords, create new administrator accounts; restore disk/memory card data, recover data after hard disk formatting; transfer disk files; erase or scan disk files wait. In addition, this software also supports repairing Windows system problems, such as: repairing MBR boot records, DBR error parameters, 0xc00000e, Windows system startup failure, and some problems that cause black screen or blue screen, etc. As a system rescue tool with various functions, it is perfectly compatible with multiple systems including Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista, and can meet the system rescue needs of different users.
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Easy to use 3 steps to transfer the files.

Transfer the files Transfer the important files of the computer without system.

Preview the files Preview the files while transferring the data.

Multifuctional Data recovery, Windows password reset, bootable problem recovery can be run without system.

Highly compatible Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista. Also supports UEFI boot mode.

Easy to use 3 steps to transfer the files.

Transfer the files Transfer the important files of the computer without system.

Preview the files Preview the files while transferring the data.

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2. How to restore data using Renee Passnow

Using Renee Passnow to transfer data files is very simple, even if you are a computer novice, you can learn how to operate in a few minutes, let’s learn the detailed steps together.
Step 1: Download and install Renee Passnow on other computers that can log in and run normally, then connect the external U disk to the PC computer through the USB port, run Renee Passnow, and then check ( Create a rescue USB) option. (Note: Before performing this operation, please make sure that the important files in the U disk have been saved in other locations, because the operation process will delete all the data in the U disk.)
create a boot media with renee passnow
Step 2: Next, select (x64) or (x86) according to the system type, click the (Download Now) button to download the ISO file, click the (Create Rescue USB) button after the file is downloaded, and click the (Eject USB) button.
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Step 3: Connect the created boot device to the computer that needs to transfer data, turn on the computer, and then the shortcut key to enter the BIOS will be displayed on the computer screen (the display time of this interface is very short, maybe only one or two seconds), click continuously BIOS shortcut key to enter the BIOS setting interface, in the BIOS (Boot) interface, set the USB device or CD-ROM drive as the preferred boot item, save and exit. Please refer to: How to enter BIOS and modify the boot order.
Note: If you create a rescue U disk, select (Removable Devices) as the first boot item, and if you create a rescue CD, select (CD-ROM Drive) as the first boot item.
select boot order
Step 4: Wait for a while, after Renee Passnow is loaded, select the (Undeleter) option and click the (Run) button.
Tips: If you want to transfer a large number of files in the computer hard disk to other external disks, you can choose the (Data Transfer) function for batch < a href=”https://www.reneelab.com/create-windows-10-recovery-disk.html” style=”color: #56adff;” target=”_blank”>Data transfer operation, more convenient and faster.
data recovery function in Renee Passnow
Step 5: Select (Partition Recovery) to scan the hard disk.
scan the whole partition with renee passnow recovery function to reinstall windows 7
Step 6: After the scan is complete, select the file to be recovered, click the (Recover) button to execute the recovery command, please save the file in another external disk, eject the U disk after the recovery is complete, and then repair the computer. Check out the solutions for Windows computers that won’t start.
preview before recovery