Hard Disk Problem

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uniquekrishna

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Dear Members,

In recent one of my Hard Disk got crassed and i have no data backup of that.. can any one help me that how can we recover or take that data because in that my last 2 year works are saved..

PC is not detecting that hard Disk.
Hard Disk capacity is 10GB of Seagat.

Waiting for ur reply.
 
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Praetor

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Do you have another way of booting? (i.e., another harddrive with an OS on it). If so, then you can attempt to play with Data recovery software. Short of that, i would suspect the only option to be to consult data recovery specialists :)
 
Lorand

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they are unable to recover the data...
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That's bad... But at least did they tell you what happened to that harddisk?
You could have a chance if only the HDD's electronics got fried: just find a same model HDD, take its printed circuit and mount it on yours.
But if the problem is physical then unfortunately it's not much to do.
 
kof2000

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yeah, i stil can't find a same model hdd for the 40gb that crashed on my years ago. i'll probably just let it be, theres not much data on there anyways, just some videos that i can redownload again.
 
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Grimulus

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yeah...um...this is a long shot but it has been done. if the hard drive died and is making that clicking noise...keep in mind this is LAST resort. :p you can put your HDD in the freezer for about 30 minutes and if you can set up another HDD for a ghost...SOMETIMES the HDD will spin up long enough for you to get a ghost. there's a lot of shit on the theory behind why that works, but i can't explain in a short amount of time.
:p
btw, i've never tried this. my boss did and it worked...other times it doesn't.
 
Praetor

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Bummer... if the data recovery people cant do it ... hmm either (a) they arent qualified ... did they tell you WHY they cant recover it? or (b) the drive is REALLY fried.
 
Lorand

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It’s almost impossible to not be able to recover some data from that harddisk. The only way you can lose all the data from the HDD is placing it unshielded in a strong alterate magnetic field.
But if it’s only a surface scratch on one or more platters or it’s an electronic failure then you can recover some data inserting the platters in another (similar model) hard disk.
 
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uniquekrishna

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Praetor said:
Bummer... if the data recovery people cant do it ... hmm either (a) they arent qualified ... did they tell you WHY they cant recover it? or (b) the drive is REALLY fried.
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They are qulified but they have tried there level best unable ot recover data
 
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uniquekrishna

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Lorand said:
It’s almost impossible to not be able to recover some data from that harddisk. The only way you can lose all the data from the HDD is placing it unshielded in a strong alterate magnetic field.
But if it’s only a surface scratch on one or more platters or it’s an electronic failure then you can recover some data inserting the platters in another (similar model) hard disk.
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can u tell me the detailed method
 
Praetor

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uniquekrishna said:
They are qulified but they have tried there level best unable ot recover data
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Lorand said:
It’s almost impossible to not be able to recover some data from that harddisk
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I suspect that they probably can recover something but either (a) they cannot offer the guarantee that they normally do or (b) the stuff they've recovered was absolutely garbled as to make it worthless.

can u tell me the detailed method
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What he meant was supposed you have a harddisk with 8 platters on it. Platter 5 has a scratch on it. You theoretically can still do stuff with the other platters; just get an identical model and swap out platter 5 for a new one... sure you lose the information on platter 5 but something is better than nothing. This would be something for pros to do in most cases
 
Lorand

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That link I gave you is the (one of the) best data-recovery company's site. They would surely recover your data, but it's a bit expensive: approx. 400 euros / GB (the price could even go up, depending on how much the disks are damaged)...
 
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uniquekrishna

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Lorand said:
That link I gave you is the (one of the) best data-recovery company's site. They would surely recover your data, but it's a bit expensive: approx. 400 euros / GB (the price could even go up, depending on how much the disks are damaged)...
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can u tell me any company's site who is in India
 
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