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recover from hard disk failure

Hi there,

My hard disk has failed and I would like to ask how to recover data from that disk if at all possible.

I usually backup all my data to cd once a month, but unfortunately I never bothered to backup
my bookmarks. I really reall don't want to lose them because I've got nearly 2 years worth
of very usef links.

I've tried mounting the drive as a 2nd disk on another pc but the fails to appear.
Is ther any other way of recovering from a disk failure. Even some way of retrieving some
of the data?

Regards,

John

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Pete Long

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jjbarnsley

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I've mounted this disk in another pc, but it fails to appear. It looks possibly like phyiscal hard disk failure.

How can I get past this? Doe those tools handle physically damaged disks?

thanks,

shahrial

Is it detectable in the BIOS during startup?
Is there noise "clinking sound" coming from the drive?

a012223a

Well if you really want to try it, here is a site with stories of how other people did it and some of the pitfalls. Pay special attention to the Stories link: http://www.deadharddrive.com/

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AshuraKnight

Try freezing it in the freezer :)

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21077952/Drive-not-spinning.html

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jjbarnsley

I once had the same problem, and wanted to try some of the softwares available over the net. but a friend of mine told me that the more you scan the hard drive, the more difficult it will be to recover the files back.

So when our hard drive crashes then it is a better option to contact an data recovery expert who guarentees your data revovery and get your data 100% back.

I had sent my hard drive to this company

http://www.stellarinfo.com/

They recovered my hard drive completly.

Try to contact them and get more information.

I hope you get your data back as early as possible.

AshuraKnight

Hmm in my opinion it's not making a big difference :)
I did scan my hdd several times until i got my hands on getdataback.
I could recover all my data though :)
With 10 files missing because I accidentaly write some file on the hdd -.-

jjbarnsley

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Thanks everyone, some really useful comments here. will try things out

thanks

Pete Long

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