Comments on: How To Get Data Off A Dead Hard Drive http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rich http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-436948 rich Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:50:10 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-436948 All of the above suggestions are not dealing with a dead hard drive at all. All of the above suggestions are not dealing with a dead hard drive at all.

]]> By: Guy McDowell http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-415331 Guy McDowell Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:55:08 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-415331 For the sake of about $20, it would be worth a try, wouldn't it? For the sake of about $20, it would be worth a try, wouldn’t it?

]]> By: amy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-415238 amy Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:14:58 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-415238 i am ready to buy i knew laptop anyway because i bought mine in 2006 and have outgrown it, but its been about a year since i backed up info onto a usb flash drive (mainly pics and word files). my ? is do you thank if i bought a SATA/IDE to USB adapter, or an external hardrive enclosure i could get the rest of my info. thank you i am ready to buy i knew laptop anyway because i bought mine in 2006 and have outgrown it, but its been about a year since i backed up info onto a usb flash drive (mainly pics and word files). my ? is do you thank if i bought a SATA/IDE to USB adapter, or an external hardrive enclosure i could get the rest of my info.

thank you

]]> By: amy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-415236 amy Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:05:50 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-415236 i have a bad habit of just shuting my laptop at the end of the day. the other day i went to get on it and it had the blue power light on but nothing happened.I figured it overpowerd so like i have done a few times before i unplugged battery and power cord, plugged back in. now i don't have any lights or anything, blank screen etc. i have a bad habit of just shuting my laptop at the end of the day. the other day i went to get on it and it had the blue power light on but nothing happened.I figured it overpowerd so like i have done a few times before i unplugged battery and power cord, plugged back in. now i don’t have any lights or anything, blank screen etc.

]]> By: Peter http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-407233 Peter Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:31:55 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-407233 Hi Darren, I found that for some reason it failed when I used a batch file. IIRC I typed the switch "resume" at the CLI after invoking the executable. In the long run it continually reviewed the forecast and eventually completed. Most of the bad sectors were at the 'front' of the drive. In case this helps you at some future point, I still have a problem, in the form of a mismatch between the restore partition size on disc and that auto configured by the BIOS. Thus I am going to slave it off a desktop machine, recover the images from D: (which is problem free) and attempt to image the recovery partition. Thereafter I will attempt to restore the images to a new drive. If not, either Windows 7 or Linux beckon. A word to the wise; when I looked on the DVDs on which I placed the images, I found one of the files was corrupted (this must have happened during the copy process, as I always check new images when made). Aside from the fact that the malfunction must have dated way back to when the machine was new, I ought to have checked the image integrity, after copying, using Acronis. Benefit from my hindsight. :-) Hi Darren,

I found that for some reason it failed when I used a batch file. IIRC I typed the switch “resume” at the CLI after invoking the executable. In the long run it continually reviewed the forecast and eventually completed. Most of the bad sectors were at the ‘front’ of the drive.

In case this helps you at some future point, I still have a problem, in the form of a mismatch between the restore partition size on disc and that auto configured by the BIOS. Thus I am going to slave it off a desktop machine, recover the images from D: (which is problem free) and attempt to image the recovery partition. Thereafter I will attempt to restore the images to a new drive. If not, either Windows 7 or Linux beckon.

A word to the wise; when I looked on the DVDs on which I placed the images, I found one of the files was corrupted (this must have happened during the copy process, as I always check new images when made). Aside from the fact that the malfunction must have dated way back to when the machine was new, I ought to have checked the image integrity, after copying, using Acronis.

Benefit from my hindsight. :-)

]]> By: DARREN http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-407216 DARREN Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:20:17 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-407216 Peter I have the same problem booting spin-rite gave me a me a 3000 hour recovery time. How did you do the batch file exactly. Peter I have the same problem booting spin-rite gave me a me a 3000 hour recovery time. How did you do the batch file exactly.

]]> By: Peter http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-399466 Peter Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:43:46 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-399466 Which reminds me; when solving mechanical, electro-mechanical, electronic or software problem, start off with the least radical problem checking routines (thus also the least radical solutions), and work up to the hardest ones. Even so, now is the time to make yourself a Windows PE USB stick, so that you can retrieve your files when under fire. :-) Which reminds me; when solving mechanical, electro-mechanical, electronic or software problem, start off with the least radical problem checking routines (thus also the least radical solutions), and work up to the hardest ones.

Even so, now is the time to make yourself a Windows PE USB stick, so that you can retrieve your files when under fire. :-)

]]> By: Eve http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-399414 Eve Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:46:39 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-399414 Thanks Peter. Your response gave me food for thought. I was inspired to try Google to see if I could troubleshoot my problem and sure enough turns out it was my battery. Once I removed it, my laptop powered up and all is well. You guys are awesome. Thanks for your time. Thanks Peter. Your response gave me food for thought. I was inspired to try Google to see if I could troubleshoot my problem and sure enough turns out it was my battery. Once I removed it, my laptop powered up and all is well. You guys are awesome. Thanks for your time.

]]> By: Peter http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-399038 Peter Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:53:27 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-399038 If the machine is dead and you want data, I suggest you extract the drive from it, and plug it (slave it) into a desktop unit. You'll need a laptop -> deskotp converter. I'm in the UK, hence the link: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Cabling/ATA100%2F133/+Laptop+HD+to+3.5%27%27+HD+IDE+Converter?productId=8349 Google has this answer: http://www.google.com/search?q=Laptop+HD+to+3.5%27%27+HD+IDE+Converter Once you have set it up - it might be difficult if you are not geekily minded so a friend with knowledge might be useful rather than discourse by web forum - you might want to use something like this to recover your data if the drive is not easily read through a file manager: http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29 Handy recovery is my favourite free undelete package. Home page here: http://www.handyrecovery.com/ The download page has a link to the free item near the bottom of the page: http://www.handyrecovery.com/download.shtml Always undelete files to drive other than the one you are rescuing, as you may overwrite something you later wish to recover. If the machine is dead and you want data, I suggest you extract the drive from it, and plug it (slave it) into a desktop unit. You’ll need a laptop -> deskotp converter. I’m in the UK, hence the link:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Cabling/ATA100%2F133/+Laptop+HD+to+3.5%27%27+HD+IDE+Converter?productId=8349

Google has this answer:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Laptop+HD+to+3.5%27%27+HD+IDE+Converter

Once you have set it up – it might be difficult if you are not geekily minded so a friend with knowledge might be useful rather than discourse by web forum – you might want to use something like this to recover your data if the drive is not easily read through a file manager:

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=29

Handy recovery is my favourite free undelete package. Home page here:

http://www.handyrecovery.com/

The download page has a link to the free item near the bottom of the page:

http://www.handyrecovery.com/download.shtml

Always undelete files to drive other than the one you are rescuing, as you may overwrite something you later wish to recover.

]]> By: Eve http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-get-data-off-a-dead-hard-drive/#comment-399029 Eve Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:54:25 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=22256#comment-399029 Help!! I am not a geek, though I wish I was. I subscribe to "make use of.com" because it is so much fun to find stuff that I can actually use and understand. Thanks so much. This is awesome. The topic of rerieving data from a dead hard drive is almost my problem, my lap top flickers when I turn it on, it seems like it is not getting enough power even though it is plugged into the socket. And yes, every picture that I have ever taken in the whole world for the last five years, including both my daughters graduations from college, my grandson's birth, his first birthday, you name it, and it is on there is missing in this action. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Many thanks. Help!! I am not a geek, though I wish I was. I subscribe to “make use of.com” because it is so much fun to find stuff that I can actually use and understand. Thanks so much. This is awesome. The topic of rerieving data from a dead hard drive is almost my problem, my lap top flickers when I turn it on, it seems like it is not getting enough power even though it is plugged into the socket. And yes, every picture that I have ever taken in the whole world for the last five years, including both my daughters graduations from college, my grandson’s birth, his first birthday, you name it, and it is on there is missing in this action. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Many thanks.

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