zeitgeist57 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 We moved everything we have electronically onto an external 750gb hard drive this year. Just before Christmas, an inadvertent trip over the cable caused it to crash onto the floor (wasn't me). While we were in Philly this week, my FiL - who's into tech stuff as a hobby - tried to restore it. He was unable to get it to power back on. My wife is pretty upset, as this unit has ALL of our pictures for the last 4+ years, including baby/kid photos. The housing is intact, but the fall fucked it up and I would love someone that's had experiences retrieving data from crashed hard drives to tackle this one. Will pay for the service as well. Thanks, CR... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 i I've done data recovery in the past by swapping control boards from like drives. Have you pulld the drive out of the caddy and tried to power it up with something else? Is it makes noises or nothing? If the drive has not been removed from the caddy that would be step 1. I'd try to power it up and see if it sounds good. If It is making Kerklunk noises there is most likely phyiscal damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 There may be a chance also that you can recover some images from the source you moved them from too. I have some software that you can run that will search and pull them off for you. Pretty easy to use. Unless you completely reformatted the drive or wrote a bunch of new stuff to that original drive you would be surprised to know that you can likely get 75% or better back. I've pulled images off phones and drives that were years old. Look into carbonite back up too. Works very well. I have over 6TB of images backed up in several ways including online through them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 i I've done data recovery in the past by swapping control boards from like drives. Have you pulld the drive out of the caddy and tried to power it up with something else? Is it makes noises or nothing? If the drive has not been removed from the caddy that would be step 1. I'd try to power it up and see if it sounds good. If It is making Kerklunk noises there is most likely phyiscal damage. yah if the case is crap, maybe try just hooking it up to your PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Carbonite i hear works great!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 or just an FTP server..(i use carbonate for business photos) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted December 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Right...2013 resolution for wifey and I is to set up a proper "media server" in our house for movies, records, etc...with cloud backup! My FiL cracked the case I believe, but not the hard drive...apparently there are special screws that he would need to drill out??? I'll talk to my wife... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Give me the HDD and give me a few days. I will get what can be obtained w/o large fees.... KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Killjoy assuming the drives not phsyically damaged or are you saying you have the ability tyo directly read data from the platter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Killjoy assuming the drives not phsyically damaged or are you saying you have the ability tyo directly read data from the platter? What I am saying is that I can recover anything that can be recovered w/o sending it to a data recovery facility. I know how to use spell check as well. KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Darn I was hoping it was otherwise :[ Do you happen to have access to anything old enough to read a old IDE 80mb drive? You have to manually configure the settings for it. I don't have anything that can read ithe drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillJoy Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Darn I was hoping it was otherwise :[ Do you happen to have access to anything old enough to read a old IDE 80mb drive? You have to manually configure the settings for it. I don't have anything that can read ithe drive If it is still IDE, I SHOULD be able to. KillJoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted January 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=693&pictureid=6840 Here's a pic...sorry for the delay as I was getting the drive back from FiL. Hard drive has not been cracked open, ziploc bag contains hard drive, power mgmt, and wiring. Steve, can you PM me your schedule and I can drop it off? If you can't do it, a couple other peeps PM'd me. THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR EVERYONE'S HELP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 I have a pile of external drive enclosures that have failed over the years. Very bad quality for some reason. I ended up just making a server and backup to cloud. Its been awhile since I've used it so I can't remember the name right off, but I have a recovery software that has been great at recovering photos from SD cards even after a few formats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
90G60 Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 I think most people use Recuva. May be worth a try if the drive hasn't physically failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 How high and what did the drive fall on? Carpet? I find it hard to believe that the drive itself is damaged. More than likely its just the caddy that it sits in has broken somewhere. I have a IDE-USB cable that should power it up, providing the drive itself isn't broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 I have pulled files from damaged drives using Hard Drive Rescue and a USB/IDE cable. Simple, cost effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 I use a USB to Sata/IDE cable and a freezer. http://lifehacker.com/5515337/save-a-failed-hard-drive-in-your-freezer-redux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 I use a USB to Sata/IDE cable and a freezer. http://lifehacker.com/5515337/save-a-failed-hard-drive-in-your-freezer-redux In concept this MIGHT work, but the risk of condensation forming and really fucking things up is too much for the reward. Then again, if absolutely nothing else works then what do you have to lose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 In concept this MIGHT work, but the risk of condensation forming and really fucking things up is too much for the reward. Then again, if absolutely nothing else works then what do you have to lose? I just set my laptop by the freezer, use a USB cord with a power supply, wrap everything up as well as possible in plastic wrap, then leave the hard drive in the freezer while I get the data off. After the data is off, who cares if it fries or fails again when it warms up. http://www.pimfg.com/ifaq/images/usb-ide40-power-1.jpg It's a pretty common trick really: http://www.churchvideo.co.uk/hardware/recover-a-clicking-hard-disk-drive-in-the-freezer_189.html http://brmlaptoprepair.blogspot.com/2009/04/hard-drive-recovery-freezer.html http://hacknmod.com/hack/how-to-recover-dead-hard-drive-data/ http://www.kempa.com/2006/10/02/adam-is-there-a-reason-your-laptop-is-in-the-fridge/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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