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Hard drive Crashed ( How to save my files )
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| atxbigballer1 |
My external hard drive Crashed/Died!
Any one know how i can SAVE my files on my broken external hard drive!
I'm so sad i lost all my files!
Don't know where else to turn for help!
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| Eric J |
| If Windows (or OS X if you are on a Mac) won't read the drive at all, then the only thing left to try is a data recovery service. Those are very expensive and results are not guaranteed. If you can't afford data recovery or it doesn't work and you don't have a backup, the data is gone forever. |
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| palm |
| copy from your internal disc to a new external backup? i assume u have all files on two location? otherwise u deserve it imo, its called backup for a reason. (ive been there btw lol) |
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| DJ RANN |
OK there's a few things you can do in this situation but I need to know more.
1, When you say died - what do you mean? Does it spin up but just not read, or do you get no life at all?
2, What brand/model is it?
3, What connection does it have?
I've been here a couple of times and managed to get drives that were ed up and running long enough to transfer data over. |
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| music2dance2 |
What Rann said. Need more info if you want some help. Ive had drive failure and recovered some stuff. data recovery can be expensive but it can also be at a reasonable price if you shop around and contact the compaines and explain whats happened what you need.
But again need to know what state the drive is in. |
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| DigiNut |
| Are you saying that you kept your only copies of these files on an external drive? That's like driving in the oncoming lane of a high-speed freeway. Without a seatbelt. Or insurance. In a Pinto. |
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| DjWoody |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eric J
If Windows (or OS X if you are on a Mac) won't read the drive at all, then the only thing left to try is a data recovery service. Those are very expensive and results are not guaranteed. If you can't afford data recovery or it doesn't work and you don't have a backup, the data is gone forever. |
That is not true. I've recovered plenty of ed up drives. If you're on a Mac, I highly recommend using DATA RESCUE PLUS. It will run $99 but it's very well worth it. You can download a demo and run it to see if it will be able to recover your data before you purchase the full version.
I recovered a PC in the past too, but I don't remember what I used.
The only issue is that if it does recover your files, sometimes it will name them 0001.mp3, 0001.ai, 0001.psd, etc. It does that because it actually recovers them from deep below the GUI. But if it's not a very serious recovery, it might be able to copy them with their original file names.
Also, it's very time consuming. Last month it took me almost 2 days to recover a 70 gigs laptop. |
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| atxbigballer1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
OK there's a few things you can do in this situation but I need to know more.
1, When you say died - what do you mean? Does it spin up but just not read, or do you get no life at all?
2, What brand/model is it?
3, What connection does it have?
I've been here a couple of times and managed to get drives that were ed up and running long enough to transfer data over. |
I hear it spinning but the pc won't read it and i also tried it on my friends laptop and it did not work on there also!
It's a Lacie d2 HD QUADRA external hard drive!
It has ESATA , USB2 , firewire F800 F400 ports on the drive! |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjWoody
That is not true. I've recovered plenty of ed up drives. If you're on a Mac, I highly recommend using DATA RESCUE PLUS. It will run $99 but it's very well worth it. You can download a demo and run it to see if it will be able to recover your data before you purchase the full version.
I recovered a PC in the past too, but I don't remember what I used.
The only issue is that if it does recover your files, sometimes it will name them 0001.mp3, 0001.ai, 0001.psd, etc. It does that because it actually recovers them from deep below the GUI. But if it's not a very serious recovery, it might be able to copy them with their original file names.
Also, it's very time consuming. Last month it took me almost 2 days to recover a 70 gigs laptop. |
This only works if the drive heads or platters are not irrevocably damaged. In most cases with portable drives, the physical moving parts inside the drive break which leads to unrecoverable data. Generally the drive head breaks first which then beats the tar out of the drive platter while attempting to seek. You can determine this if you hear a "clicking" sound when the drive is powered up or trying to be accessed. It would help if the OP can give more information on how exactly the drive has "died". |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjWoody
That is not true. I've recovered plenty of ed up drives. If you're on a Mac, I highly recommend using DATA RESCUE PLUS. It will run $99 but it's very well worth it. You can download a demo and run it to see if it will be able to recover your data before you purchase the full version.
I recovered a PC in the past too, but I don't remember what I used.
The only issue is that if it does recover your files, sometimes it will name them 0001.mp3, 0001.ai, 0001.psd, etc. It does that because it actually recovers them from deep below the GUI. But if it's not a very serious recovery, it might be able to copy them with their original file names.
Also, it's very time consuming. Last month it took me almost 2 days to recover a 70 gigs laptop. |
Yes, DR+ is very god but that will only help with corrupt drives or when you've deleted material - not physically broken drives. |
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| DjWoody |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eric J
This only works if the drive heads or platters are not irrevocably damaged. In most cases with portable drives, the physical moving parts inside the drive break which leads to unrecoverable data. Generally the drive head breaks first which then beats the tar out of the drive platter while attempting to seek. You can determine this if you hear a "clicking" sound when the drive is powered up or trying to be accessed. It would help if the OP can give more information on how exactly the drive has "died". |
Yup! That's very true. |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Eric J
This only works if the drive heads or platters are not irrevocably damaged. In most cases with portable drives, the physical moving parts inside the drive break which leads to unrecoverable data. Generally the drive head breaks first which then beats the tar out of the drive platter while attempting to seek. You can determine this if you hear a "clicking" sound when the drive is powered up or trying to be accessed. It would help if the OP can give more information on how exactly the drive has "died". |
Exactly but there are things you can do such as remove the drive spindle or replace the housing, it's not easy but then again replacing all that data isn't fun either. |
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