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HD recovery help
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| Theresa |
I have purchased an external enclosure for my recently malfunctioning laptop HD, and it is giving me the response "not accessible, HD corrupt."
Obviously... that's the reason I got a new one.
However, I have a lot of data on there that I would like to recover. I know that you can take it to places where they do data recovery (for your first born child), but I would prefer to do it the cheaper way by doing it myself... if I can.
Does anyone know how I would go about doing that? Is there a way to "access" the HD even though it tells me I can't?
P.S. Blah blah blah about backing my up. I know. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
Download Acronis Disk Director. And by download, I mean steal. Run the Recovery Expert function and see if it lets you access anything.
Ps. Backup your stuff. |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
Download Acronis Disk Director. And by download, I mean steal. Run the Recovery Expert function and see if it lets you access anything.
Ps. Backup your stuff. |
Haha :)
Thanks Mike, I will steal it ASAP!
P.S. More suggestions, anecdotes, etc. etc. are welcomed!! |
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| Omega_M |
| get into the habit of backing up your data. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| steal a program called EnCase. its a really good one. works very well. |
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| Zoso |
| I am not intimately familiar with the mechanics of a laptop HD, but I know with desktop systems that people have had limited success by literally placing the HD in a freezer for a while. They can then recover data from time to time, but from what I have read you usually only get one shot. I've never tried this, so take your time to do some Google searches. And as always, your mileage may vary. Good luck. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zoso
I am not intimately familiar with the mechanics of a laptop HD, but I know with desktop systems that people have had limited success by literally placing the HD in a freezer for a while. They can then recover data from time to time, but from what I have read you usually only get one shot. I've never tried this, so take your time to do some Google searches. And as always, your mileage may vary. Good luck. |
the laptop hard drives are just 2.5" instead of 3.5" hd. otherwise they are basically the same. most laptop hds are sata though since id say about 2005. |
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| SuspicionVandit |
| recreate the old data |
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| Theresa |
| quote: | Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
recreate the old data |
Unfortunately, I can't fly back in time and take pics all over again :p |
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| Trance-M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zoso
I am not intimately familiar with the mechanics of a laptop HD, but I know with desktop systems that people have had limited success by literally placing the HD in a freezer for a while. They can then recover data from time to time, but from what I have read you usually only get one shot. I've never tried this, so take your time to do some Google searches. And as always, your mileage may vary. Good luck. |
I have done this a few times and was able to save some data. The HD should be put in a closed bag while getting cold. A few hours should be enough. |
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| _Ocean_Drive_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
get into the habit of backing up your data. |
Damn your sig, Omega. I went to swipe my screen... :( |
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| Lagrangian |
| Start using the cloud: dropbox will do. |
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