Vanja Gorgiev asks:
I have one OS that will not even boot, and now I installed another one on the other local disk. So I need to save my Torrent list from the broken OS. Any ideas how to do that?
Browser: Chrome 11
System: Windows 7 x64
Tagged: backup data, boot issue, microsoft windows, recover data
System: Windows 7 x64
Tagged: backup data, boot issue, microsoft windows, recover data
20 Answers -
Jhon H. Caicedo
September 18, 2012A little more detail will help, you didn’t specify which torrent application are you using.
Jordan
September 18, 2012what i woudl do is go into the working OS and search through the files of the other OS, try and pull the torrent list from there. should be within the C: drive somewhere where your program is located
Mike
September 18, 2012If you boot from the working system can you see and access the hard drive with the damaged system on?
In that case all you have to do is navigate to either your user folder or the torrent applications folder. The currently active torrent files should be in there somewhere.
For more detailed help you will have to provide more information about the state of the damaged system and hard drive, the Windows version and the used torrent application.
Eserpess der
September 18, 2012If all else fails try recovery software…not shore how well it will go though
Nikhil Kulkarni
September 18, 2012Cool… This looks great…:)
Nikhil Kulkarni
September 18, 2012Awesome… Thanks for the help…
Timo Reimerdes
September 18, 2012You can always try and get a linux live cd like from http://www.ubuntu.com/download and boot it up – choose “try ubuntu” – it gives you the whole ubuntu linux desktop without modifying anything on your drives.
See if you can access your partitions of the old OS and I guess then it depends on what application you were using.
Also if your old harddrive is physically broken, you might not have a chance to recover the data at all (forensic data recovery is expensive!).
Yes boot to Ubuntu Live CD.
September 28, 2012Then Install TestDisk software and recover all the files from your Windows partition.
Here is a MUO article that may help you: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/recover-deleted-files-from-your-linux-system/
susendeep dutta
September 18, 2012Try live booting using some Linux distro like Ubuntu,Linux Mint and then it’ll be able to browse all of your files present on the local drive .You can recover data using Hiren’s boot CD too -
http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-recover-lost-partitions-and-hard-disk-data-guide/
Also,EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard WinPE Edition is useful -
http://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/data-recovery-software/recover-data-from-dead-hard-drive.htm
ha14
September 18, 2012Install the torrent on your new hard drive then copy paste your old torrent folder to the new one and also in Torrent interface be sure to check preference for Location of Download ed Files.
Utorrent: How to move your torrents easily and effortlessly
http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/310286-Utorrent-How-to-move-your-torrents-easily-and-effortlessly
BEncode Editor
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31306
The .dat files you are looking for are here :
Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent
Back them somewhere else
raj gopal
September 18, 2012good question,
i had this problem to,
and the solution is even simple
just install puppy linux or ubuntu on a flash pendrive (ask your friend or incase if you have an extra laptop)
goto youtube and search and follow the how to’s procedure
after installing the live on on usb, boot in and install utorrent and save your torrent list..done!!
given my idea!! hope it helps..
Ravi Meena
September 18, 2012yes use a live ubuntu disk, and copy all your files on external hard drive
GrrGrrr
September 18, 2012use a live CD and copy all ur torrent downloaded data & program file folder for torrent.
also copy the torrent data folder in Application Data folder.
illegal3alien
September 19, 2012Just copy them out of AppData if you’re broken install is Windows. If the hard drive is failing, you should use ddrescue to make a copy first, then try and get the files out of what was copied.
Jason
September 19, 2012A live Linux CD would be the easiest way to access the old file system. but as a few people here have noted if the hardware itself is damaged and unreadable (unless you want to pay couple of hundred to thousand for hdd recovery services) you may just need to start over.
Sebastian Hadinata
September 19, 2012I’ll suggest using Linux LiveCD to try and recover your torrent list, you can try and use Ubuntu LiveCD just to access your windows partition and copy your important data & torrent list somewhere else. Btw, what Torrent application are you using?
Michael Jan Moratalla
September 19, 2012put the hard drive to another system unit that’s how I do it.
Moazzam Naeem
September 19, 2012install windows 7, it will not delete your older operating system if you don’t format the c drive. then take out the data from the c directory where you installed your torrent.
hemanth
September 20, 2012try with live boot cd the download link is below
http://djsoftguru.blogspot.in/p/operating-systems.html
Elrick Browne
September 30, 2012or if you got a hold of a linux live cd like ubuntu then you just boot up from the cd and the 2 hard drives would get mounted automatically then you can copy what you want without installing the OS
mohit kumar
October 28, 2012Use a bootable Ubuntu usb disk and then you can recover it.