Recuva and damaged drive

Somehow, what used to be my boot drive stopped booting. In fact Windows 8 doesn't see it at all.

Can Recuva find it and recover files?

Stephen

If Windows won't boot then you won't be able to run Recuva on the drive.

Have you gone through all the Win 8 recovery steps? eg Repair.

Do you have a Win 8 install disc or did you make a repair disc? (If you have a friend with same Win 8 spec ask them to make you a repair disc or use here

http://windowsreinstall.com/win8/windows_8_recovery_disk_download.htm

EDIT... are you dual booting?

Sorry, I should have been more clear.

In fact, I bought a new drive and installed a fresh copy of Windows 8 on it. I installed the old drive as a secondary drive. So Recuva runs. Like Windows, however, it does not see the drive at all.

Stephen

if windows cannot see the drive recuva cannot access it.can you post a screen shot of the drive in windows disc management