Hard Drive Recovery?

[dzaborn]

I have a drive with 100GB data that has gone bad. I think the data is still there, but the drive has problems reading it. I was able to get a little bit of data off it, as the reading kept getting slower and slower until almost nothing.

Is there a software or some other option to recover my data short of sending it off to a recovery service?

Thanks, dzaborn

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

i'm not sure if this will work with the latest hard drives,but the old hard drives that wore out due to old bearings you could stick in the freezer for a few hours and squeeze an extra bit of life out of it to get your data.

i tried this recently and it worked. its worth a shot, just make sure no moisture builds on it,keep it in a sealed container.

 

[BT7990]

EasyRecovery

 

[MikePanic]

this stuff is supposed to work VERY well

http://www.stellarinfo.com/

 

[wallsfd949]

Originally posted by: AWhackWhiteBoy
i'm not sure if this will work with the latest hard drives,but the old hard drives that wore out due to old bearings you could stick in the freezer for a few hours and squeeze an extra bit of life out of it to get your data.

i tried this recently and it worked. its worth a shot, just make sure no moisture builds on it,keep it in a sealed container.

The disk I have is seen within Windows XP (new hardware found) but it won't show up in Disk Management. It's in the freezer now, crossing fingers.......

 

[Mark R]

Generally in the event of a mechanical fault with the drive, or the drive not being detected reliably by the BIOS or OS, data recovery programs won't help. In fact, they can damage the drive further and permanently destroy otherwise recoverable information.

You need to have the drive repaired and the data recovered - you may be able to provide a temporary fix by freezing the drive, or by transplanting a circuit board from a known good drive. If the data is valuable then you need to contact a data reovery company before you attempt anything.