Retrieve data from hard drive crash

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yankie_1132

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Hi guys,

My hard drive crashed on me the other day. Turned on the computer and it indicated that the OS was not to be found. Bios does not detect it either. So I bought a new hard drive.

My question is if any one knows of a software to detect an undetectable hard drive to recovery all my data on it. I had this problem happen to be before but was able to find a freeware to do it, but I forgot which software it is. I've tried a few so far, and none can detect the crashed hard drive.

fyi...the hard drive still spins, no click noise coming from the hard drive.

Any help is appreciated. I don't want to pay someone to do this yet. Thanks.
 
The BIOS must see the Harddrive before any testing can start
Try installing the Hard Drive in another computer as a secondary drive
 
If the drive isn't detected in the bios, you're pretty much out of luck... I'd confirm the drive is connected correctly, maybe try different interfaces or another computer. Once it's detected, you could boot to another OS (either from another drive or a LiveCD or sorts).

If the drive still can't be detected, there's not much you can do. There are data recovery companies, but they are very costly. Some people have attempted platter swaping, but you need an identical drive to do this with. Plus any fingerprints/dust/scratches will ruin the drive
 
Both Bios and OS is not detecting. I used another SATA port, and also a SATA-USB connection to connect to the computer and still no luck. But I had this issue last year with another drive, and I was able to find a program on the net, free, which found the drive and from there I was able to get the data off. I forgot what that program is now, and with so many different types of data recovery software out there, I haven't found it yet.
 
I don't see how any software could help you at this point. If the bios doesn't detect the drive, there's essentially no way for the computer to see it period. Now if the bios detected the drive, we might actually be able to do something...
 
the_other_one said:
if the drive isn't detected in the bios, you're pretty much out of luck... I'd confirm the drive is connected correctly, maybe try different interfaces or another computer. Once it's detected, you could boot to another os (either from another drive or a livecd or sorts).

If the drive still can't be detected, there's not much you can do. There are data recovery companies, but they are very costly. Some people have attempted platter swaping, but you need an identical drive to do this with. Plus any fingerprints/dust/scratches will ruin the drive
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