Retrieving data off a buggured hdd
30 August 2006, 06:30 PM
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Retrieving data off a buggured hdd
Gave my gf,s Dad my old pc to do his buisness accounts on, and although I told him to back up data regulary he hasnt bothered
and now the hard drive is dead I feel a bit guilty. Got a 60gb drive to stick in,was just wondering if I set this as the master and the buggered one as slave if i would be able to recover any data? Have also been told by an engineer that sticking the dead hdd in a freezer for a few ours can give you enough time to boot the drive and get data off the drive?any ideas
and now the hard drive is dead I feel a bit guilty. Got a 60gb drive to stick in,was just wondering if I set this as the master and the buggered one as slave if i would be able to recover any data? Have also been told by an engineer that sticking the dead hdd in a freezer for a few ours can give you enough time to boot the drive and get data off the drive?any ideas
30 August 2006, 06:35 PM
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the old freezer trick hey :-) not heard that one for a while! (and never got it to work!).. odd never worked with stereo`s neither!!!!...
ok when u say buggered - what level of buggered exactly?
1.does it detect in bios?
2.does it actaly spin up (can u hear it wurring <-- tech term)
if it DOES do both of these stick it in another pc selected as slave with the jumpers on the back...
hoepfully windows will detect it and allocate it a drive letter....
then PM me :-) (for some trick software R-studio) and we will take it from there
HTH
Darren
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ok when u say buggered - what level of buggered exactly?
1.does it detect in bios?
2.does it actaly spin up (can u hear it wurring <-- tech term)
if it DOES do both of these stick it in another pc selected as slave with the jumpers on the back...
hoepfully windows will detect it and allocate it a drive letter....
then PM me :-) (for some trick software R-studio) and we will take it from there
HTH
Darren
scooby_me@hotmail.co.uk
30 August 2006, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by scooby_me
the old freezer trick hey :-) not heard that one for a while! (and never got it to work!).. odd never worked with stereo`s neither!!!!...
ok when u say buggered - what level of buggered exactly?
1.does it detect in bios?
2.does it actaly spin up (can u hear it wurring <-- tech term)
if it DOES do both of these stick it in another pc selected as slave with the jumpers on the back...
hoepfully windows will detect it and allocate it a drive letter....
then PM me :-) (for some trick software R-studio) and we will take it from there
HTH
Darren
scooby_me@hotmail.co.uk
ok when u say buggered - what level of buggered exactly?
1.does it detect in bios?
2.does it actaly spin up (can u hear it wurring <-- tech term)
if it DOES do both of these stick it in another pc selected as slave with the jumpers on the back...
hoepfully windows will detect it and allocate it a drive letter....
then PM me :-) (for some trick software R-studio) and we will take it from there
HTH
Darren
scooby_me@hotmail.co.uk
strange it would not boot up for ****. yet all the data was there whan I set it as a slave
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A quick format of the old drive (once you've copied everything off) and you may have a decent backup drive...
Either use the Windows backup utility or look for some backup software to do this automatically...
Either use the Windows backup utility or look for some backup software to do this automatically...
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I have a primary slave that has gone **** up (xp check disk says sector xx unreadable). Is there a way to recover the data or somewhere I can send it?
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Originally Posted by ian_sadler
I have a primary slave that has gone **** up (xp check disk says sector xx unreadable). Is there a way to recover the data or somewhere I can send it?
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