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How do I get pictures off of a dead hard drive? Is it a possible? Please help!!
2011-09-13 14:07:00
Hey Christy,Did you manage to recover the photos using the tips recommended above? Do let us know.Aibek
2011-09-08 23:12:00
Dead as in how? Is it a SATA or IDE drive? 85% of the dead drives are due to software, this means that the issue is usually repairable. You may want to run a utility called
Spinrite
, it's not free but it's worked for me many times. If you're not looking to repair it or simply don't want to pay for it, you could try to run a
Linux Live CD
and see if it recognizes your hard drive. If it does, you can backup the photos in the CD (RW), USB key or upload to a server. Just burn the ISO to a CD or USB, restart and boot from it. You may have to edit your BIOS boot priority to prefer the CD/DVD drive rather than the hard drive. If the Linux Live CD worked, tell me and we can get started on repairing your hard drive from Linux.
2011-09-08 21:18:00
It's only possible if you can get the drive running; otherwise, you're out of luck.