Bring Hdd Back Alive

you can transfer your data 2 another HD using a big magnet

There are companies that can do that for you. Google for "Data recovery hard disk" and you should get a list of those companies near where you live. You'll probably be looking at a price around $800.-- (+).

Or there could be a small chance if can find the exact same model of harddisk someone wants to sell on the web (ebay), then replace the electronics of your bad disk with those of the good disk. If your lucky the disk may be like new again. And that would bemuch cheaper...

Of course none of us can give you a definitive answer cause we don't know whats wrong with your drive.

The best course of action is to get a new primary drive, put an OS and some tools on it, and try to mount your drive as a slave drive.

Personally I have used Norton tools for a long time. There are more extensive recovery tools out there. But Norton Disk Doctor is easy to use.

If you really need your data, and cost is no concern, there are companies which will do very thorough recoveries with special tools. Its not cheap, but if you need the data they are there - google on data recovery. They can even deal with things like bad HD controller boards, platters with physical flaws etc.

Of course I would be remiss if I didn't point out that if you really need the data, you should do regular backups.

James

plenty of software available, most of them are not free. First try
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

It's free and it works. If money no issue, go for 'paid' software. Best is http://www.ontrack.com/software/. The lite version allows you to recover 25 files at a time.

However, if yoru drive is physically damaged, you'll need to contact a professional recovery company. Charges vary. They might be able to get your data back.

Good luck.

how important is your information because at the end if its gonna cost you an arm and a leg in time for you to restore your info when you can just get it backbuy finding it back on the net or redo it

See the TechRepublic article, 200 ways to revive a hard drive.

When you unzip this download, you'll get a Word document with over 70 pages of tips from fellow TechRepublic members on how to save the day when a hard drive fails.

https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5138-6249-728960.html

As weird as this sounds...

Have another computer running.
Place this drive in a cold place (Fridge or open cool windows for a while (10-15 min)
Place the bad drive in the machine as the secondary master and see if the os will recognize it.
If it does then quickly copy important data to the primary drive.

Go to http://www.grc.com/default.htm and purchase spin Rite. About the best low cost utility you can buy. costs 89.00 well worth it. Saved me a couple different times.

man these people are good. Spinrite is great...I agree too. One
thing I would sugest. Find the manufacturer site and download
their drive check utility to start. it's free and will give you an idea
of where you are at. The suggestion to swap electronics is a
good one too.

otherwise call Drivesavers.

razz

Rather than sticking the thing in the fridge, use a very cold can of pop.

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