a specialist will charge you an arm and a leg.

recovery programs vary in their abilities.. it depends on what type of files you are trying to recover..

have you run scandisk??

1-shut down windows, check your hard drive connections, reboot. if this fails, proceed to step #2.

2-shut down windows, take hard drive to a friends house, plug it there and see if you can get your stuff back.

if #2 fails, then your hard drive is finished, if it succeeds, then your motherboard is finished. You will know what to repair.

as for data retrieval from a damaged hard drive, it can be done, but expect to pay a hefty price.

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ok thanks for the quick respones

but let me clairfy

Joint:
I'm trying to get back zip/rar/and floop files

scandisk takes days to complete and does not fix anything

Malek:

Connections are all done properly...was tested on another comp...same prob.

ya i would prolly have to send it to someone...but if it was totally finished...why does it allow me to access and run some progs?

Seb

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when you plugged it in another computer did you run windows off your harddrive or the other's computer harddrive? maybe there's friggin spyware ?


but i probably think you'll need to send it to a specialist.

sometimes a hard drive fails in some of its sectors while the others are healthy,... could explain why it seems to be running fine with your applications.

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if you know linux you can try to mount the partition in knoppix..

http://www.tucows.com/downloads/Win...FileManagement/

http://www.google.ca/search?q=data+recovery+software

Its called Backup , Backup , BACKUP

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Is there any clicking noises coming from the HDD? Does the computer seem warmer than usual? etc etc..

If yes to any of those questions the HDD is fried.

As Malek said, take the comp to a friends house and make sure you use THEIR HDD to open Windows and not your copy, so set it up as the slave drive.

Data recovery places are going for about $1500/average sized HDD these days; so have fun with that...not to mention they don't garuntee any recovery either.

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