data recovery

[Lee R]

ok, anyone on here able to recover data from a failed hard drive??

 

it's currently at my mate's dad's who a 'PC genuis'......but he says he can't do it because 'I can't get the HD to spin'.......which obviously means nothing to me...

 

so, any real experts here able to do it, obviously will pay for any costs etc.......

 

 

this drive is full of family photos and stuff i really need access to.

 

TIA

Edited June 2, 2010 by Lee R

[Hezz]

if its not spinning it highly unlikely that you have lost your data

 

think of it like an old record player - your data is written to the disk and the needle needs to move across it to find/play it

 

* highly likely

[Stu]

You can swap the parts from one disk to another.. might work.. alternatively professionals like http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.co.uk/ can do it but it's expensive.

[PeeWee]

if its not spinning it highly unlikely that you have lost your data

 

think of it like an old record player - your data is written to the disk and the needle needs to move across it to find/play it

 

* highly likely

 

 

Its likely the data is all there & fully intact. More likely is the fact its mechanics are the part that broken as its not spinning, this means nothing to the data on the disk itself.

With that good newsut of the way your problem lies in transfering the disc into a working case to spin it. Difficult, messy & not always successful the the bodge it repair guy. If the data is valuable enough your best choice is to find a specialist capeable of doing the job.

Edited June 2, 2010 by PeeWee

[Hezz]

like i said (rather poorly!) highly likely that you've lost it all

 

(unless you either a\ spend money with a pro, or b\ work out how to swap the internals e.g. disk platters from your drive to a working drive... )

[PeeWee]

like i said (rather poorly!) highly likely that you've lost it all

 

(unless you either a\ spend money with a pro, or b\ work out how to swap the internals e.g. disk platters from your drive to a working drive... )

 

I have known disks to fire up again temperarily after being left stood for a few days. Random possibility but enables the recovery of files when ran as a slave. Done this on a number of occasions. The platters can stick sometimes preventing the disk spinning (something along those lines).

[Stu]

Lee if you want, send the drive to me and i'll see if I can get it going.

[Lee R]

Lee if you want, send the drive to me and i'll see if I can get it going.

 

that'll be cool, i'll get it back and pop it in a jiffy...

 

cheers

[Gadge]

There is also the old freezer trick which sometimes works. Stick the drive in a zip lock bag and leave it for 30mins or so and you'll likely find it boots up for a short period.

 

At your own risk