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The_Town_Perv  1 star
Posts: 159
Registered: 2002-2-17 20:31:39
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Help!! Dead Hard Drive Recovery
Any recommendations for free or cheap legitimate options
Tipztoe  4 stars
Posts: 1,775
Registered: 2004-3-1 17:53:43
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Help!! Dead Hard Drive Recovery
You can give this a try

http://www.piriform.com/recuva


you'll have to get a new drive with the o/s and slave the bad drive.. but you can search for files and recover.
Shazami  2 stars
Posts: 453
Registered: 2002-3-22 16:26:07
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Help!! Dead Hard Drive Recovery
Lose all your porn? lol
TickyAtack  4 stars
Posts: 1,303
Registered: 2001-10-23 15:46:32
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Help!! Dead Hard Drive Recovery
Best one I used was SpinRite. But it costs money. Obviously I didn't pay for it.

 

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Gildash  3 stars
Posts: 515
Registered: 2001-4-26 16:26:13
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Help!! Dead Hard Drive Recovery
Depends entirely on how dead it is.

Does it spin up? Does it click loudly? Softly?

If it won't spin up, you are f***ed. No software can help you with that. Companies that do that kind of recovery are $$$$.

If it still spins up and makes no mechanical clicking sounds or anything, have you tried simply slaving it?

I would test the drive with a hard drive testing program. I personally recommend Hitachi DFT. Can easily get it online free.

DFT will tell you whats up, and if its just a few bad sectors can regenerate them.

edit: If it spins up: http://www.active-undelete.com/download.htm

Thats a great program and you can download a demo for free which will show you if you can get your files back.

 

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The_Town_Perv  1 star
Posts: 159
Registered: 2002-2-17 20:31:39
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Help!! Dead Hard Drive Recovery
Fires up, just doesn't appear/have files, reads as corrupted
Gildash  3 stars
Posts: 515
Registered: 2001-4-26 16:26:13
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Help!! Dead Hard Drive Recovery
The_Town_Perv posted:
Fires up, just doesn't appear/have files, reads as corrupted



http://www.active-undelete.com/download.htm

 

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The_Town_Perv  1 star
Posts: 159
Registered: 2002-2-17 20:31:39
 Date Posted: 1/1/00 12:00am Subject: Help!! Dead Hard Drive Recovery
Tipztoe posted:
You can give this a try

http://www.piriform.com/recuva


you'll have to get a new drive with the o/s and slave the bad drive.. but you can search for files and recover.



Thank You!!! worked perfectly.


Thank you all for the responses.
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