HD BOMB!!!
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- quest76
So last night i was transferring some files to an external HD and all of a sudden my laptop started making a werid noise.. THE NOISE OF DEATH!!! my damn HD took a dump. i had so many important jobs & files on there..
is there any way to pull files of a dead HD?
someone help please!!
any compaines out there that can pull info off a dead drive or what?
- gruntt0
what kinda machine?
- Mindfreak0
pc or mac?
can u still boot the pc up?
do you have a usb memory stick?
if so i made an application that makes an image of a hdd that way u know where the files are then you can "export them" but i dunno what u mean by dead if by dead you mean it dosn't even work at all then u need to go to those companys that do this.
- Goozebump0
there is companies that u could send it to retrive the files but its more money than its worth unless u have really really really important files on there.
- quest760
it's a powerMAC G4 older model
- quest760
any MAC people have any tricks?
I can use any sort of help right now..HELP!!!
HELP!!!
- IanHalliday0
you could try some of the data recovery companies as mentioned, however they are uber expensive. I had a hard drive die, lost loads of degree coursework. Despite pointing out to some of the companies that they wanted to charge me (a poor student) more than i earnt in a year to fix the drive, they weren't going to budge on price.
gits.
Depending on what teh exact dealio is tho, tis possible to fix drives using canabalised parts.
- IanHalliday0
Depends if it is electrial (most likely) or mechanical (=fooked)
Does it spin up at all?
- scarabin0
i'm not gonna read the thread, but fuck man, good luck on that
that's like the bane of a designer's existence right there
- IanHalliday0
and the cure? DVD writers, raid arrays and external nas drives.
new problem.....
remembering which version of what is where.
- Fizik0
re: new problem.....
soln: versioning! CVS, subversion to keep track... usefuland re: HD 'bomb' --- maybe you need to give these guys a call... esp. if you need data off the drive...
http://www.cbltech.com