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Hard Drive recovery

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ab1tar

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Well, my little sister's computer's PSU died a few months ago. I replaced the PSU with another, but the computer still will not boot, I think there was more damage than just the PSU (she has a crappy E-Machines). But the real question here is what would be the best way to recover the data the she already has on her hard drive?
 
There are some very good recovery tools but it does depend if the drive is at all functional.
Does the drive get detected on boot?
Can you describe what happens when it fails to boot?
 
I would imagine that you could put that drive in an existing machine and then copy all of those files off. It doesn't sound like you need any recovery tools.
 
Hurdler said:
I would imagine that you could put that drive in an existing machine and then copy all of those files off. It doesn't sound like you need any recovery tools.
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I agree with this... just slave it into your machine and grab the data she wants to save and you should be good to go...

 
yea, set it has slave, and copy all the date to a different volume.
 
if your looking for professional recovery i recommend Drive Savers, its expensive but they get the job done.

my 500Gb fell off and wouldnt even be detected and $2000 later, all was well. 100%
 
benw17 said:
if your looking for professional recovery i recommend Drive Savers, its expensive but they get the job done.

my 500Gb fell off and wouldnt even be detected and $2000 later, all was well. 100%
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wow, $2000 doesn't seem that bad for a drive that big. I had a 300gb drive that died a while ago (keeps clicking, won't initialize). Do you think they can recover data off of that for the same price?
 
awoeonip said:
wow, $2000 doesn't seem that bad for a drive that big. I had a 300gb drive that died a while ago (keeps clicking, won't initialize). Do you think they can recover data off of that for the same price?
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The size isn't the issue, the cost will depend on what they have to do to get the drive working. Since your drive clicks they'll probably have to replace the electronics or possibly transplant the platters into a different casing.

OP, it's possible that the drive is still good and it can be put in another machine to get the files from it. The only way to find out for sure is by testing it in a different PC.
 
Well, thanks for the input guys. I just shoved it into another desktop and it works fine, now lets hope I don't have to work any more "miracles" for her.
 
awoeonip said:
wow, $2000 doesn't seem that bad for a drive that big. I had a 300gb drive that died a while ago (keeps clicking, won't initialize). Do you think they can recover data off of that for the same price?
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thats exactly what happened to my drive. drive kept clicking, most of the time the costs are based on this:

1. if it needs to be opened, this is done in super clean environment to mirror the data.
2. if the parts just needed to be replaced.

my case was both.
 
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