? hard disk failure- how to recover data

[tebs]

my hard disk just failed. nag-short ata. nadamay pati power supply ko.

pag kinakabit ko sa power supply, ayaw mag-on yung buong computer. pinalitan ko na yung power supply ko.

1 year old pa lang yung hard disk. but my problem is yung mga files ko (especially mga pictures ng mga outing ng friends and family ko) nandun lahat. baka may alam kayong kaya magrecover ng data sa hard disk.

all info would be greatly appreciated.

[flakez]

basta madedetect ung hd mo baka kaya yan. nangyari na sa akin dati biglang hindi daw formatted ung hd. basta nadedetect siguro kaya.

check mo to. hanapin mo na lang sa p2p. hehe

stellar phoenix, may pang FAT saka NTFS yan. yan ginamit ko dati. ok naman.

goodluck bro.

[yan_168]

PC1= yung may problemang PC
PC2= yung spare na PC sa inyo

sir, ang gawin mo alisin mo yung hd ng PC1 then ilagay mo ito sa PC2. Bali ang mangyayari dalawa ang hd ang nakalagay sa PC2. ibig sabihin master yung totoong hd ng PC2 at yung nilagay mong hd ng PC1 ay slave sya. So pagnalagay mo na ON mo yung PC2. dapat madedetect nya parehas yung hd mo. kung nadetect nya dapat makikita mo na dun yung mga files mo sa hd.
pasensya kung di masyado maintindihan

[vhenok]

yup...tama c sir yan_168:

Be sure to make it a "slave" muna then read ng OS yung laman ng HD mo. Just check na lang the jumpers dun mismo sa HD. Kung okey, kopya mo na agad sa "mister" disk mo.

[chain]

happened to me once too often... kung hindi kaya ng slave talaga, as in hindi na ma-detect, scour the buy n sell sections for HD recovery. some shops do that.. as in physically bubuksan ang HD mo...

hope this helps!

[chain]

Oh I forgot to mention... the method I mentioned in the previous post is a bit expensive..

[ghosthunter]

Depends on the kind of failure of the HDD.

IF the controller board on the HDD failed, repairing/recovering the HDD is as simple as finding the same kind of HDD to borrow the controller board from and swap it in.

[Raycee]

Yup, their advice is all correct. . . if given the chance to recover your files, back it up. . . . save your important files on CD-R to prevent worries.

[tsikot]

dear tebs,

you can also ask help from our resident experts at our sister tech and gadgets site NETPH.COM.

it's also a cool community composed mostly of tsikoteers too!

see you there!

:car:

[1D4LV]

try booting from another disk and assign your "damaged" disk as a slave. you "might be" able to access the information in your "damaged" disk this way.

[nicolodeon]

May mga firms that specialize in data recovery. They usually do forensics for the NBI, if them agents need a job to recover data for evidence (if you can call it that). Anyway, it can cost you an arm. Lahat ng advice nila is correct.

[pepengtom]

PC1= yung may problemang PC
PC2= yung spare na PC sa inyo

sir, ang gawin mo alisin mo yung hd ng PC1 then ilagay mo ito sa PC2. Bali ang mangyayari dalawa ang hd ang nakalagay sa PC2. ibig sabihin master yung totoong hd ng PC2 at yung nilagay mong hd ng PC1 ay slave sya. So pagnalagay mo na ON mo yung PC2. dapat madedetect nya parehas yung hd mo. kung nadetect nya dapat makikita mo na dun yung mga files mo sa hd.
pasensya kung di masyado maintindihan

tanggalin mo lang ung jumper ng SLAVE Hdisk.
nangyare na saken yan.

[BlueBimmer]

A technique I read somewhere is if you bring the temperature of the hard drive down to the freezing point by putting it in a freezer first and then taking it back out, somehow the condensation from bringing it back to room temperature helps revive it for about 20 minutes, it can be repeated about five to six times tops. Long enough to get out any important files that need to be backed up.

[carlocaraddict]

meron na isang software ON Track ang nag develop, down load it. Easy Recovery ang pangalan nung software. Thats what my friend told me

[ILuvDetailing]

Diba may bayad yung OnTrack?

[carlocaraddict]

may trial version

[notEworthy27]

usually faulty hdd files' can be recovered using it as a slave while having a primary hdd online. kung ayaw talaga, resort to the previous tsikoteer's posts. Kung hindi naman subjected to heat and/or "biglang pagkabagsak" and/or nabuhusan ng tubig or pagkain, I think having it as a slave will do.

[kingkaboodles]

May mga firms that specialize in data recovery. They usually do forensics for the NBI, if them agents need a job to recover data for evidence (if you can call it that). Anyway, it can cost you an arm. Lahat ng advice nila is correct.

yup! these guys are pro's when it comes to data recovery. kahit nasunog na yung PC nakukuha pa nila ang data. they have "cleanrooms" wherein they disect the HDD.

mahal pero sulit.

[badik]

A technique I read somewhere is if you bring the temperature of the hard drive down to the freezing point by putting it in a freezer first and then taking it back out, somehow the condensation from bringing it back to room temperature helps revive it for about 20 minutes, it can be repeated about five to six times tops. Long enough to get out any important files that need to be backed up.

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tried this one on a notebook and it works..............

have'nt tried yet on a desktop's HDD.....

[ghosthunter]

A technique I read somewhere is if you bring the temperature of the hard drive down to the freezing point by putting it in a freezer first and then taking it back out, somehow the condensation from bringing it back to room temperature helps revive it for about 20 minutes, it can be repeated about five to six times tops. Long enough to get out any important files that need to be backed up.

this is only if the problem is the HDD's bearings.

There is no condensation happening inside the HDD itself because its a sealed environment. The danger here is condensation forming on the HDD's controller board causing a short-circuit is greater.