my pb is dead
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- warheros2
so i took it into the apple store after calling apple. most likely cant get the data off.
can anyone recommend a quality data extraction service? this seems to be my only option at this point.
- version30
put the hd in a working machine and boot off of it from another box with apple T, if the hard drive isn't responding to anything or won't accept power, i'm afraid you are screwed
- toastie0
tehre are places that can get the data off anyway. its expensive, but they can do it. usually charge you about a grand or so.
- uhohseangettio0
RIP...:(
- ********0
i can't remember the key option, but when you boot it up you can set it to be an external hd. they did it on my old g4 when it crashed. they hooked the old to the new like it was an external hd and i pulled all the info off it.
- toastie0
get a PC :P
- version30
kona that would be apple T
- madirish0
i can, but get ready to spend some cash. i had a client who's notebook pretty much got fried and these people were able to extract about 90% of the data off after 3 different groups said it was impossible.
no idea what they do, but they work on pretty much all top agencies (gov't) machines to extract data.
if you are willing to drop 2-3k, i'll send it to you.
- pepe0
dude dont waste your money, its usually either a mother board gone bad or per fire wire drives the casing. the drives generally remain intact, swap that bad boy into a different laptop or firewire casing (if that is possible with laptop HDs) and fire it up as if its an external drive. very likely you should get your info back in full, if this doesnt work alas as also earlier mentioned you are pretty boned
- Carty0
same thing happened to my pb after 2 months...
apple T didnt work when attached to another mac...
when pulled the hd wouldnt register on any other comp or server at the mac store...
ran all diagnostics.. and said... i hope you back up, cause we can get your shit... the drive needle stuck, and they cant do shit...
gave me a free hd, but that data was gone...
no fixes worked... i cried... i got over it.
now i external all day long, and i'll buy the mac care before 12 months... cause something is gonna go wrong with something so beautiful.
- version30
when you sell an image and not performance things like carty just said are sad but true
- ribit0
its a Hitachi drive failure....whats that got to do with image? You should assume any single drive is going to fail... today.
- mr_snuggles0
Peanut butter is a tempermental thing, you gotta be careful...
- mr_snuggles0
But seriously man, there's a place just outside of Toronto mrs.snuggles used called CBL date rec. costs about a grand and up and there's no guarantee you'll get the data back...
- bentzen0
today's lesson:
back up your data on a regular basis.
i learned that lesson the hard way about a year ago. luckily i backed up some things. lost quite a few photos in iphoto though. had to rip/download all the music again too.
i send my sympathies.
- ribit0
Retrospect scheduled daily incremental backups of all your important stuff (wherever it is on your drive) is a good thing.
Acts as a sort of versioning system too.. you can jump back to any previous backed-up state of any file or folder if you need to.
- skelly0
My HD bit the dust a year ago (in a PC by the way...) nothing was saved. It was making the most godawful clicking noise :(
I had backed up most of my designs but never got around to backing up like 700 digital photos. Lesson learned.
- ribit0
I had a drive give me like 2 months warning as it progressively clicked more and more and then died at 2 years old. That was scary enough...
Now using daily scheduled backups and for our business we backup in 3 locations... so now a meteor can hit the data center where our website is hosted, someone can steal my laptop, and the office catch fire all on the same day, and we are still safe!!
- k770
I had a drive give me like 2 months warning as it progressively clicked more and more and then died at 2 years old. That was scary enough...
Now using daily scheduled backups and for our business we backup in 3 locations... so now a meteor can hit the data center where our website is hosted, someone can steal my laptop, and the office catch fire all on the same day, and we are still safe!!
ribit
(Apr 21 05, 17:18)what if it's a really really really big meteor?
- ribit0
well I guess thats all our customers gone... at least I could take a holiday from this stupid content-driven online magazine business...
- skelly0
I had a drive give me like 2 months warning as it progressively clicked more and more and then died at 2 years old. That was scary enough...
Now using daily scheduled backups and for our business we backup in 3 locations... so now a meteor can hit the data center where our website is hosted, someone can steal my laptop, and the office catch fire all on the same day, and we are still safe!!
ribit
(Apr 21 05, 17:18)well, the data would be safe...