My first dead harddrive and computer

[Spooner]

My older Maxtor drive died in my recent move. Stupid me had all my pictures on that drive

anyone know any data recovery places

To make things worse, I think my power supply just died. My machine shut down and now wont start back up. when it rains.... it poors

 

[her209]

Data recovery = expensive

 

[MichaelD]

Your dead hard drive might find new life...in General Hardware.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Spooner
My older Maxtor drive died in my recent move. Stupid me had all my pictures on that drive

anyone know any data recovery places

To make things worse, I think my power supply just died. My machine shut down and now wont start back up. when it rains.... it poors

freeze that drive and then try to get stuff off of it using another PC.

 

[Yossarian]

goddamn when will people learn to backup.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Spooner
My older Maxtor drive died in my recent move. Stupid me had all my pictures on that drive

anyone know any data recovery places

To make things worse, I think my power supply just died. My machine shut down and now wont start back up. when it rains.... it poors

freeze that drive and then try to get stuff off of it using another PC.

Excellent suggestion. It's worked for a lot of people. More often than not, it works better in General Hardware...but if it works, it works.

 

[Cougar]

stick the drive in the freezer for a couple hours, take it out and let it get to room temperature, then stick it in another PC and you may be able to recover some files off it.

 

[Spooner]

oh, MichaelD, settle down and go get a beer or somethin' :beer:


What is this freezing thing you speak of?

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Spooner
oh, MichaelD, settle down and go get a beer or somethin' :beer:


What is this freezing thing you speak of?

Just giving you a hard time.

The cold temps make the parts contract; oftentimes temporarily freeing up stuck bearings, heads, etc, whatever is wrong with it.

Heat is the enemy of anything electronic or mechanical...HDs are both. The idea is to get the drive working just long enough for you to get your data off there and burn it to a CD which is where it should've been in the first place.

Truthfully, I had a scare back in March. I had ALL my pics on one of my backup HDs. Pics from my son's early years until recently. I thought I wiped the drive. I almost crapped my pants. Literally. I was very upset.

Turned out I DID wipe that drive...but had the folder backed up to some obscure location. I didn't lose anything. Imagine how many 640x480 pics can fit on a 700MB CD. :Q I burned it TWICE. I have TWO CDs with those pics now. Lesson learned.

I hope you can get your data back.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Spooner
oh, MichaelD, settle down and go get a beer or somethin' :beer:


What is this freezing thing you speak of?

Put the drive in a plastic baggy (zip-lock) and freeze it for a while and then try it out. You have nothing to lose.

 

[Spooner]

is this freezing thing for real?

i put the drive into a working machine, and it isn't even recognized by the system

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: Spooner
is this freezing thing for real?

i put the drive into a working machine, and it isn't even recognized by the system

Yes, it's for real and IronWoode is right; you have NOTHING to lose. Put the drive in a zip lock bag for at least three or four hours. Immediately throw it into a machine as a master by itself on an IDE channel. It is your best and only option at this point.