Transferring data from eMMC C: Drive to a Seagate Backup USB Drive - the computer won't boot without a Windows 10 USB stick

Anonymous
2018-12-03T14:46:47+00:00

I'm trying to recover data from an unbootable laptop with a eMMC drive. I can now see the drive and wish to copy it to my Seagate Backup Drive, but I have no mouse.

the Ctl + C & Ctrl + V from C: to Seagate do not operate. Also when I opened up te C: Drive it did not list all files :

How do I copy the C: Drive onto my Seagate Backup USB Drive?

And then how do I see the files that must be there but are not listed?

If you can answer in part I would be grateful.

Transferring data from eMMC  C: Drive to a Seagate Backup USB Drive - the computer won't boot without a Windows 10 USB stick

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-12-03T16:56:30+00:00

    I'll get Parted Magic - that sounds good - I did see info online about Linux to access a drive.  Thank you.

    My laptop has two, but they are really too close together anyway, so on Wednesday I will have more functionality, when the 7 port one arrives.  Hopefully with that and the new back up hard drive I'll be back in business, which will be a relief!  Here's hoping anyway

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-12-03T16:50:58+00:00

    I was reading elsewhere about command prompt copying and it said it would wipe all contents of the Backup drive, so to be safe I've bought another one to copy the data across to, it's another Seagate, different colour but one to match the computer data it will hopefully soon have on it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-12-03T16:44:05+00:00

    Hi,

    I use Notepad from the command prompt... I've never had a problem with copy\paste when using it... Just the mouse\keyboard issues mentioned, and those only happen with my Tablet...

    The Ctrl+V method may not be working simply because you can not click on the drive with the mouse or other device to select it properly...

    I don't think a USB 3.0 Hub would be a problem... I have used both 2.0 and 3.0 hubs for this purpose, and both worked the same... My Tablet only has a single USB 2.0 port...

    There is a bootable 3rd party Utility program called Parted Magic that has a "File Explorer" function that would allow copying the needed files if necessary... My memory is that it shows all hidden files without any special steps as it is Linux based and does not recognize restrictions imposed by Windows...

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-12-03T16:39:40+00:00

    So can you do a custom install then?

    it will not wipe the drive.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-12-03T16:17:35+00:00

    I've order a 3.0 USB powered hub, the one with 7 hubs is actually cheaper than the one with 4, and I'll give that a go.

    I was advised to view via notepad.exe or wordpad.exe 

    Do you think that is why I cannot copy the drive, as it only allows you to open it?

    Is there a better way?  

    And how do I access the drive using an alternative route?

    One that has Copy and Paste functionality?

    Is there a .exe I can input into the Command prompt to do this?

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