I had been out-stationed on an internship for past 2 months,(education) and have returned only yesterday.
I had left my DELL Studio 15 at home, to my brother ,all by himself,as I dint want to carry along my personal notebook, my institution provided me with a laptop.
On returning, I wanted to transfer data to my DELL.
So I booted it up..
The thing doesn't proceed beyond BIOS screen.
The HDD was making a "clicking" sound.
I had known about the notorious "CLICK OF DEATH", and the catastrophe they cause.
Bearing the clicks as a warning, I shutdown the laptop and refrained from further attempts to restart it .
Searching through the Internet confirmed my worst fears.
It seems very clear ,from all the preliminary info that I managed to obtain, that the HDD is no more along with it the data too..
I dont regret losing the drive (covered in warranty), however the data was very valuable to me...
First thing, I googled out specialists (in INDIA) who perform data recovery from non functional HDD's. (Though I knew that I had to pay them a fortune for their services.)
I called one of them- CBL , who seemingly have a great record,and inquired of the details.
They confirmed an 85% chance of recovery, with a service charge ranging from Rs. 15000 to Rs. 95000, - a price I JUST CAN'T AFFORD at least at this time.
With no options left whatsoever, I googled for alternatives ,if any.
Two prominent results emerged :
1. Freezer trick - place the drive in the freezer for a day or so , then remove it out , and , for several people this has caused the drive to revive allowing just sufficient time to backup the data.
2. Tapping on the drive - while the disk is powered on "tap" (gently or rigorously) on it.This may cause the heads to realign and drive to function normally.
Now, I do understand that this is a risk , n that anything that goes wrong in the application of the alternatives will narrow the chances of the professionals.
I want you all to provide me more info on these alternatives - whether anyone has found them to work OR if there are other tried alternatives found to work.
I only want to backup the data,its my life's work - my academics and notes for the completion of the book that I was writing, and most important of all photographs and vids of my grandpa, who is no more.
Whenever I confronted a problem I have always sought out help from HARD FORUMers who have given an unbiased opinion to sort the difficulty,evident from my previous posts.
This time around, its even more serious.
To provide you all with background details.
The drive in question is a SEAGATE Momentus 5400.6 500GB
As for the most common comment "you shud have backed up your data" , I had started backing up data on DVD's , when I ran out of stock,and at the same time got a call from my institute for an internship, an opportunity I long awaited.
I had even purchased a WD 1 TB to completely backup all the data onto a mirror drive.But t'was too late....
I haven't eaten food nor slept well in 2 days, my heart just sank and continues to. I have my exams coming up,but the depression wont let me study.
I just dont know what to do.
I also know I cant blame anybody,but me,for my present state.
Please guys, let me know if freezing the drive after packing it in ZIPLOCK packs will cause it to work although temporarily..
or if there is anything else that I can do.
I had left my DELL Studio 15 at home, to my brother ,all by himself,as I dint want to carry along my personal notebook, my institution provided me with a laptop.
On returning, I wanted to transfer data to my DELL.
So I booted it up..
The thing doesn't proceed beyond BIOS screen.
The HDD was making a "clicking" sound.
I had known about the notorious "CLICK OF DEATH", and the catastrophe they cause.
Bearing the clicks as a warning, I shutdown the laptop and refrained from further attempts to restart it .
Searching through the Internet confirmed my worst fears.
It seems very clear ,from all the preliminary info that I managed to obtain, that the HDD is no more along with it the data too..
I dont regret losing the drive (covered in warranty), however the data was very valuable to me...
First thing, I googled out specialists (in INDIA) who perform data recovery from non functional HDD's. (Though I knew that I had to pay them a fortune for their services.)
I called one of them- CBL , who seemingly have a great record,and inquired of the details.
They confirmed an 85% chance of recovery, with a service charge ranging from Rs. 15000 to Rs. 95000, - a price I JUST CAN'T AFFORD at least at this time.
With no options left whatsoever, I googled for alternatives ,if any.
Two prominent results emerged :
1. Freezer trick - place the drive in the freezer for a day or so , then remove it out , and , for several people this has caused the drive to revive allowing just sufficient time to backup the data.
2. Tapping on the drive - while the disk is powered on "tap" (gently or rigorously) on it.This may cause the heads to realign and drive to function normally.
Now, I do understand that this is a risk , n that anything that goes wrong in the application of the alternatives will narrow the chances of the professionals.
I want you all to provide me more info on these alternatives - whether anyone has found them to work OR if there are other tried alternatives found to work.
I only want to backup the data,its my life's work - my academics and notes for the completion of the book that I was writing, and most important of all photographs and vids of my grandpa, who is no more.
Whenever I confronted a problem I have always sought out help from HARD FORUMers who have given an unbiased opinion to sort the difficulty,evident from my previous posts.
This time around, its even more serious.
To provide you all with background details.
The drive in question is a SEAGATE Momentus 5400.6 500GB
As for the most common comment "you shud have backed up your data" , I had started backing up data on DVD's , when I ran out of stock,and at the same time got a call from my institute for an internship, an opportunity I long awaited.
I had even purchased a WD 1 TB to completely backup all the data onto a mirror drive.But t'was too late....
I haven't eaten food nor slept well in 2 days, my heart just sank and continues to. I have my exams coming up,but the depression wont let me study.
I just dont know what to do.
I also know I cant blame anybody,but me,for my present state.
Please guys, let me know if freezing the drive after packing it in ZIPLOCK packs will cause it to work although temporarily..
or if there is anything else that I can do.