Data recovery from a bad hard drive?
I have a 60 GB Samsung hard drive (IDE) that needs to have data saved off of it. Excel files, Microsoft Word, JPEG photos, etc.
But some of my usual things aren't working on this one. I booted up the computer on a Knoppix 3.6 bootable CD, but it didn't show the hard drive at all. It doesn't even show up in the BIOS screens of 2 different computers.
Installing the hard drive as a secondary in one of my other computers also didn't show the drive at all. I tried the jumpers in a couple different settings which should have made it a slave drive.
So I need to figure out how to make this drive work and run long enough to get the data off of it and onto a USB flash drive.
Any ideas?
But some of my usual things aren't working on this one. I booted up the computer on a Knoppix 3.6 bootable CD, but it didn't show the hard drive at all. It doesn't even show up in the BIOS screens of 2 different computers.
Installing the hard drive as a secondary in one of my other computers also didn't show the drive at all. I tried the jumpers in a couple different settings which should have made it a slave drive.
So I need to figure out how to make this drive work and run long enough to get the data off of it and onto a USB flash drive.
Any ideas?
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If it's not powering up at all, you're pretty much out of luck without going through a lot of hassle or money to pay someone else to go through a lot of hassle...
Dexter...
This sounds like an expensive repair to get all the data off of it. What do data recovery services normally charge?
I'll call a few computer places tomorrow and see what they say, then call and give this person the bad news.
This hard drive is a Samsung Spinpoint 60 GB. SV6003H & SASV6003H seem to be the model numbers.
OnTrack is regarded as the best recovery service available, and they charge similar pricing.