So in glancing at the entire comment section I will try to answer most of them.
1. IF you only have one drive ie Drive C you really should at least partition 2 drives if not more. Or add an external drive for backup etc. Grab a free partition program like MiniTool or Easus Partition Master etc. While Windows HAS a drive manager it's very basic ie you can't split or divide a drive. And don't worry about your data which is the point of today's GOD and others. Think of as a pie chart or a pie. IF you have a standard PC with the single drive C showing you really should get to it. For example I am a monster computer geek with 9 hard drives (mostly 1-6 TB). For each drive I divided them into 2-3 drives with different letters ie C, D, E etc.
2. With the above programs you won't screw up your PC or Windows which is why you need more than a C drive only. Like with File History I backup to Drive U where I keep ALL my utilities like today's GOD. Windows WILL crash as will your drive. It's not a matter IF, but when it will crash.
3. Then install today's program which it will allow you do so in your new "drive"
4. You CAN install it on Drive C - Programs but not suggested.
5. To install download, unzip the file. The License Code is in the read me file. After install launch the program & at top left click on the gold key and input the license code.

Robert Fallona  –  3 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+19)

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So it says on destination pop up: Don't install on the drive you want to to recover data from.
Okay, that makes sense and answers SOMEWHAT my firs question: How can you use this to recover data if your HD is down?

Do I buy another HD on which to store this? Can I put it on a thumb drive? Another computer that's connected?

Randy  –  3 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+16)

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Randy,
That's is why I asked the question earlier on in this thread.
I've even written (on more than one occasion) to the vendors of such programs to ask them to make the program 'Portable' and able to run entirely from the thumb-drive without need of a 'functioning' C:\ drive which might be what users need to recover data from.

Randy, That's is why I asked the question earlier on in this thread. I've even written (on more than one occasion) to the vendors of such programs to ask them to make the program 'Portable' and able to run entirely from the thumb-drive without need of a 'functioning' C:\ drive which might be what users need to recover data from.
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JW2  –  3 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+14)

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Can this software be installed and used from a USB thumb-drive, without having any effect on the PC's normal C:\ drive?
Since the download is a .zip file, is it a 'Portable' application and able to run directly and entirely from the thumb-drive?

JW2  –  3 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+8)

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Per Wollert Johansen, you did not answer JW2's question.

Per Wollert Johansen, you did not answer JW2's question.
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Kurt  –  3 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+15)

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