Hard Drive Failed,,,,?

[PatPheFox]

well, my hard drive wasnt working and we established it was currupt. i was trying to get some files off and they were protected, so i went to plug it into a different comp to use Knoppix and now it says it failed everytime i try to boot it, and it wont mount in Knoppix, but it does show up. im confused with this .

 

[voyagerfan99]

well, my hard drive wasnt working and we established it was currupt. i was trying to get some files off and they were protected, so i went to plug it into a different comp to use Knoppix and now it says it failed everytime i try to boot it, and it wont mount in Knoppix, but it does show up. im confused with this .

Try another Linux - try a Slax LiveCD

 

[2048Megabytes]

Your hard drive may be toast and the files may be unrecoverable except thru professional help which is very expensive. I hope you had a backup of the important data on it.

I love having two hard drives in my system and an external hard drive. I am always copying important files from my master hard drive to my second hard drive. Every two weeks I make a backup to my external hard drive. Hard drives can fail at anytime and I value my data.

 

[PatPheFox]

Your hard drive may be toast and the files may be unrecoverable except thru professional help which is very expensive. I hope you had a backup of the important data on it.

I love having two hard drives in my system and an external hard drive. I am always copying important files from my master hard drive to my second hard drive. Every two weeks I make a backup to my external hard drive. Hard drives can fail at anytime and I value my data.

you think i can wipe it and still use it?

 

[voyagerfan99]

you think i can wipe it and still use it?

Doubtful.

If you have a USB drive adapter. try running it in the freezer and trying to pull your data off (with Linux)

 

[2048Megabytes]

If you have a USB drive adapter. try running it in the freezer and trying to pull your data off (with Linux)

I have never heard of this. You can place a failing hard drive in a cold environment and possibly get the data off?

 

[voyagerfan99]

I have never heard of this. You can place a failing hard drive in a cold environment and possibly get the data off?

Yeah I've done it before. I had a laptop drive that had a lot of bad sectors on it, and it was overheating. Tossed it in the freezer while plugged into the adapter and I got the files off using SLAX LiveCD.

 

[Dystopia]

I was gonna sugest something similar. My brother tried it, but failed, probably because he didn't run the drive while in the freezer.