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How do i get data off of a broken hard drive?
Sephroth57:
i accidently shorted out my harddrive on my computer i was fiddling with something in my case and my finger touched the circuit board kind of part on the bottom, and now my computer wont recognize i think i shorted it out.
where can i send/bring it to get data off of it? i called a computer place near me and they said i would have to take it to a place that specializes in HD recovery cause they cant do it there. i have a new HD to copy it over to, anyone know?
Hoagie_one:
ive seen places on teh internet that specialize in this...but they charge a fortune for the job
Sephroth57:
holy crap i just looked up how much it is for online places, theyre talking like 500+ $ .... that really blows. I had a lot of digital pictures on there not backed up anywhere else.. i guess theyre lost now :'(
ntjedi:
If you are really adventurous you could (hopefully inexpensive) find the same model hard drive of the one you fried and either replace the system board or actually open up the drive and pull the platters out and install them in the other drive.
You just have to be super careful of dust, scratches and static.
Just an idea anyways... ::)
On a side note, I just took the board off the bottom of a 20 gig Quantum drive that I had lying about and after 6 screws it just lifted right off. It had two areas that had pressure contacts (not sure if thats a correct term or not). So it would seem that if the board is the only thing wrong with it, then it wouldnt be that hard to replace. ;D
abrannan:
Count yourself lucky that you only lost a drive. I did the exact same thing, but it also fried my motherboard. The power supply went about 6 months later. Coincidence?