Dead PC hard disk
21 January 2010, 05:29 PM
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Dead PC hard disk
my slave disk - with 450GB of data - suddenly stopped working. Device Manager sees it, but Explorer says it isn't formatted.
Most of the data is backed up, but some bits aren't, so I'd like to recover it if poss.
Any ideas?
Most of the data is backed up, but some bits aren't, so I'd like to recover it if poss.
Any ideas?
21 January 2010, 07:30 PM
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looks like it needs a USB boot, which I don't think my BIOS supports ( it isn't listed as a boot option anyway)
Last edited by pwhittle; 21 January 2010 at 07:39 PM.
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21 January 2010, 09:05 PM
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I burnt it to cd and it worked fine.
Although I could not save my drive, but it did end up with me converting one of my machines to Linux as it worked so well lol.
Although I could not save my drive, but it did end up with me converting one of my machines to Linux as it worked so well lol.
22 January 2010, 01:01 PM
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I've found a program (DDR I think) which looks like it will recover it all - at least it finds the files, but it's a bit pricey at $90
22 January 2010, 01:43 PM
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Make sure your disc is actually powering up properly before spending any money IMO
My disc does not even attempt to spin up (from what i can tell)
My disc does not even attempt to spin up (from what i can tell)
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