mattiasnyc

Thank you jaclaz, I will clone the drive and then read through the link you mentioned. I'm assuming that the suggested clone software will work in Win8x64 (?). Unfortunately that's all I have available at the moment. I also hope you don't mind if I pose further questions after having read that thread. I'm fairly decent with technology but I'm sure I'll have questions.... /m

Your time is valuable and appreciated. I'll be brief. System drive (Seagate 7200.11) with XPx64 stopped being recognized in BIOS. Found this place, went through steps to get it back. Now I'm not seeing any partitions on the drive from the current OS (win7x64). Drive is 500GB 7200.11. It contains both the OS and documents of value. Most urgent (priority) is getting a few docs back. Would be wonderful if I could make it bootable again of course, but that's a bonus. - I have another external 500GB drive that is clean. - I have another 7200.11 internal that I believe is clean. - I don't remember which file system was used on the problem drive. Did run testdisk but had to go to work. Believe it said FAT16 (why?). Would have thought I'd have chosen NTFS or FAT32... Questions: 1) What steps should I take first? 2) Which softwares would be recommended for these steps? Thanks in advance for any and all help you can give me, Mattias