Data Recovery

weixifan · 12-26-2004, 04:43 AM

I had a hard disk that failed...and since my old computer was much too old, that became the perfect excuse for getting myself a new computer.

However, after the initial obsession with my new computer died down, I decided to get my old data back--only to remember that my old hard disk failed. So I went online for free data recovery solutions, but Restorer 2000 Demo and Active@ File Recovery Demo are the only ones that got past the numerous cyclic redundancy errors on the disk and are the only ones to find the files that I needed to recover. Since these are demo programs, they have very, very limited recovery functions. No other freeware or shareware out there that I tried can get past those errors.

So, I'm in pain looking at my old hard disk, knowing that the files are there yet unable to retrieve them without paying a lot of money. I need suggestions!

Thank you very much for your time!

weixifan

**Praetor** · 12-26-2004, 08:10 AM

How expensive is the harddrive you are trying to recover data from? (i.e., plate swapping)

weixifan · 12-26-2004, 10:01 AM

Not very...it's very old. I won't care if it disappeared right now

. Oh, what's plate swapping?

**Praetor** · 12-26-2004, 10:02 AM

Plate Swapping = buy the exact same harddrive, open them both and swap the bad plate into the good drive

weixifan · 12-26-2004, 11:00 AM

Gosh...I'm not even sure if it's due to physical damage to the hard drive or to the drive data corruption...
Also, I forgot to state that it's only one particular partition that's bad; the other two partitions on that old disk works fine. Thanks so much for your posts!

**Praetor** · 12-26-2004, 01:46 PM

Well you can always tinker around with various recovery applications

weixifan · 12-27-2004, 09:38 AM

hmm...any suggestions on which application? I tried many, but most can't get around those errors and usually ends up shutting down the drive altogether. The aforementioned two apps are demos...sigh...

Thanks

12-26-2004, 04:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
weixifan Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 28	Data Recovery I had a hard disk that failed...and since my old computer was much too old, that became the perfect excuse for getting myself a new computer. However, after the initial obsession with my new computer died down, I decided to get my old data back--only to remember that my old hard disk failed. So I went online for free data recovery solutions, but Restorer 2000 Demo and Active@ File Recovery Demo are the only ones that got past the numerous cyclic redundancy errors on the disk and are the only ones to find the files that I needed to recover. Since these are demo programs, they have very, very limited recovery functions. No other freeware or shareware out there that I tried can get past those errors. So, I'm in pain looking at my old hard disk, knowing that the files are there yet unable to retrieve them without paying a lot of money. I need suggestions! Thank you very much for your time! weixifan

12-26-2004, 08:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 19,943	How expensive is the harddrive you are trying to recover data from? (i.e., plate swapping) __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

12-26-2004, 10:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
weixifan Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 28	Not very...it's very old. I won't care if it disappeared right now. Oh, what's plate swapping?

12-26-2004, 10:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 19,943	Plate Swapping = buy the exact same harddrive, open them both and swap the bad plate into the good drive __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

12-26-2004, 01:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 19,943	Well you can always tinker around with various recovery applications __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

12-26-2004, 11:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
weixifan Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 28	Gosh...I'm not even sure if it's due to physical damage to the hard drive or to the drive data corruption... Also, I forgot to state that it's only one particular partition that's bad; the other two partitions on that old disk works fine. Thanks so much for your posts!

12-27-2004, 09:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
weixifan Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 28	hmm...any suggestions on which application? I tried many, but most can't get around those errors and usually ends up shutting down the drive altogether. The aforementioned two apps are demos...sigh... Thanks

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