Are there any data recovery wizards here?
09-17-2010 at 12:05 PM
|
#1
|
|
McMaster Employee
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 42
Thanked:
4 Times
Liked:
1 Time
|
Are there any data recovery wizards here?
I'be busted my external hard drive ( kinda dropped it...) and hope that at least some of the data can be recovered.
I need pro help here. Anyone??
|
|
09-18-2010 at 08:43 PM
|
#2
|
|
Elite Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 489
Thanked:
30 Times
Liked:
384 Times
|
No.
btw yes i am a wizard
|
|
09-18-2010 at 09:42 PM
|
#3
|
|
Elite Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 2,412
Thanked:
152 Times
Liked:
339 Times
|
If you take apart the enclosure and try hooking up the internal drive directly you might have some luck. It is possible the USB/eSata/etc port you used to connect the USB is broken but the HDD itself is intact.
__________________
Electrical Engineering Alumni
|
|
09-19-2010 at 03:38 PM
|
#4
|
|
Sometimes helpful
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,281
Thanked:
30 Times
Liked:
645 Times
|
If the HD itself isn't smashed you might have some luck with the above.
Otherwise, you're going to have to engineer yourself a more durable external harddrive.
See what I did there? HAHAHAHA *awkward laugh*
|
|
09-19-2010 at 09:44 PM
|
#5
|
|
Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 3
Thanked:
0 Times
Liked:
0 Times
|
If you can get it hooked up to another machine, then you are probably golden. If it can be hooked up, then there is software (usually linux based) that will read any data off the drive, even stuff found in bad/corrupt sectors. I have done this with an external that lost power mid transfer and was showing up as unreadable. It would just take a quick google to find such software. The real key here though is if it can be attatched to another machine, and is not physically damaged. If it is physically damaged, it can still be recovered, but by specialized (read ridiculously expensive) data recover companies.
Hope this helps
|
|
09-20-2010 at 08:23 AM
|
#6
|
|
McMaster Employee
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 42
Thanked:
4 Times
Liked:
1 Time
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by magyarm
[...] If it is physically damaged, it can still be recovered, but by specialized (read ridiculously expensive) data recover companies.
[...]
|
Yeah, unfortunately this is what I'm dealing with.... |
|
09-20-2010 at 09:08 AM
|
#7
|
|
Elite Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 743
Thanked:
99 Times
Liked:
207 Times
|
try "recuva" by piriform
__________________
Kevin Yin
Chemical Biology IV |Economics (minor)
President, McMaster Undergraduate Society for the Chemical Sciences
|
|
09-20-2010 at 03:28 PM
|
#8
|
|
Elite Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 489
Thanked:
30 Times
Liked:
384 Times
|
If the hard drive was dropped, there was most likely physical damage. Plug in hard hard drive to a power source, and put your ear up to it. If you hear anything but a uniform whirring sound, such as a clicking or an oscillating pitch in the whirring, you're ****ed.
No amount of programs will be able to recover your data.
Most recovery services won't be able to get anything back for you short of spending a small fortune.
|
|
09-21-2010 at 08:13 AM
|
#9
|
|
McMaster Employee
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 42
Thanked:
4 Times
Liked:
1 Time
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Freija
If the hard drive was dropped, there was most likely physical damage. Plug in hard hard drive to a power source, and put your ear up to it. If you hear anything but a uniform whirring sound, such as a clicking or an oscillating pitch in the whirring, you're ****ed.
No amount of programs will be able to recover your data.
Most recovery services won't be able to get anything back for you short of spending a small fortune.
|
 It clicks and I am ****ed.
@# [email protected]# [email protected]# piece of  |
|
09-21-2010 at 09:30 AM
|
#10
|
|
Elite Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 653
Thanked:
50 Times
Liked:
106 Times
|
I can help ya out if you want. I have the serial/sata connectors to usb. So you just use that and it turns it into an external hd again.
Is the harddrive physically damaged?
feel free to message me, i love fixing this kind of stuff  |
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
McMaster University News and Information, Student-run Community, with topics ranging from Student Life, Advice, News, Events, and General Help.
Notice: The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the student(s) who authored the content. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by McMaster University or the MSU (McMaster Students Union). Being a student-run community, all articles and discussion posts on MacInsiders are unofficial and it is therefore always recommended that you visit the official McMaster website for the most accurate up-to-date information.
|
