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| tikbalang:
it may just be a loose ide cable. |
| turbo6:
I had a 160 gig drive crap out about a year ago... I couldn't recover the data til I reformatted then used the (Runtime Software) Get Data Back program, while I don't think I recovered everything from the drive... I am sure I recovered at least 80-90% of the data. As for the specifics, it was a year ago so its kinda hard to remember all the steps and such I used to do it. I know I used software from the drive manufacturer to do some but the Get Data Back program worked really well (IMHO) to recover the data. Before you start going at the "bad" drive make sure you have another drive with which to back up your recovered data to... because you may only get one shot at doing so. I'm sure some of the other members here could help you better than I, but just wanted to share my experience with you and others. I realize its probably not much help but hopefully it will give you some hope of recovering your data. :dunno Good luck... :cheers: |
| whatzcrackn:
--- Quote from: RayB on April 20, 2007, 10:21:46 am ---I know of a service that will recover the entire drive for $500. ;) --- End quote --- I am all over it! When shall I bend over? :tool: 8) ;D :D |
| Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: whatzcrackn on April 24, 2007, 01:43:15 pm --- --- Quote from: RayB on April 20, 2007, 10:21:46 am ---I know of a service that will recover the entire drive for $500. ;) --- End quote --- I am all over it! When shall I bend over? :tool: 8) ;D :D --- End quote --- Did buying a new drive and getting PC Investigator to copy the files work for you? It'd be useful to know?? Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) |
| whatzcrackn:
Yes and no. I was able to copy some of the files over. SOme of the files showed up as .wtmp ( ??? ) . Not sure of that format? And if I copied some zip/rar files over to the new drive, when I open them it would say 'error or corrupt file' So I went ahead and reformatted the drive. It works and when I run PC Investigator, I am still able to see the lost files but still the same promblems. I am at a stand still here :dunno |
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