Hard Drive Recovery Help Please

yyakity · 10-09-2006, 04:16 AM

Hi,
I brought my computer to the Geek Squad at Best Buy, paid for a system recovery. They said they were unable to recover the data, but could send it out to be done for a few hundred dollars! (They said it required a special machine or something). The info on my hard drive is important to me, (my whole life was on that hard drive, mostly documents, a few pics, NO music).

Anyone know of an inexpensive way I can get this info recovered?
Thanks!

**Fr4665** · 10-09-2006, 04:20 AM

why do u need to "recover it" ? i mean what is wrong with the harddrive ? is it dead or is it deadly infected by a virus ? does it not boot anymore ?

a simple solution would be to plug in another harddrive and install windows on the new harddrive and copy the files from one to the other. this only works if the drive that needs to be recovered is still accessible.

if the drive is actual dead dead then your only chance is to send it in unless you have the machine to take the drive apart and read the HDD platters.

**koala** · 10-09-2006, 05:08 AM

If you can't slave the drive because the data is corrupt, and the drive isn't physically damaged, you can use data recovery software. GetDataBack is the best available and can recover files that appear to be lost, even from a formatted drive.

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The trial versions of GetDataBack will perform the recovery and will show you all the files that are recoverable. You can open and view files to verify that the recovery was successful. In order to copy the recovered data to another location you need to purchase a license key for the software. You don't have to run the program again, just enter the license key in the demo version.

**Fr4665** · 10-09-2006, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by koala

If you can't slave the drive because the data is corrupt, and the drive isn't physically damaged, you can use data recovery software. GetDataBack is the best available and can recover files that appear to be lost, even from a formatted drive.

GetDataBack for FAT $69
GetDataBack for NTFS $79
Trial version: free download

awsome i will look into that myself

**koala** · 10-09-2006, 06:03 AM

I've used the freeware PC Inspector Data Recovery to successfully restore files from corrupt and formatted drives, and GetDataBack is supposed to be much better. Good luck!

10-09-2006, 04:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
yyakity Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2 OS: windows xp	Hard Drive Recovery Help Please Hi, I brought my computer to the Geek Squad at Best Buy, paid for a system recovery. They said they were unable to recover the data, but could send it out to be done for a few hundred dollars! (They said it required a special machine or something). The info on my hard drive is important to me, (my whole life was on that hard drive, mostly documents, a few pics, NO music). Anyone know of an inexpensive way I can get this info recovered? Thanks!

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Fr4665 aka mr.fraggs Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA or Germany Posts: 2,965 OS: Win XP,Vista,Android My System	why do u need to "recover it" ? i mean what is wrong with the harddrive ? is it dead or is it deadly infected by a virus ? does it not boot anymore ? a simple solution would be to plug in another harddrive and install windows on the new harddrive and copy the files from one to the other. this only works if the drive that needs to be recovered is still accessible. if the drive is actual dead dead then your only chance is to send it in unless you have the machine to take the drive apart and read the HDD platters. __________________ I don't subscribe to threads please PM me if i miss a reply. ------- Everest SensorView Pro DriverCleaner how to fix your game

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koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 11,218 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	I've used the freeware PC Inspector Data Recovery to successfully restore files from corrupt and formatted drives, and GetDataBack is supposed to be much better. Good luck! __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here