Hard Drive problem

Outlander00 · 04-25-2005, 09:34 PM

I recently had my external hard drive stop working the other day (A WD USB type). It basically began to freeze windows whenever it was connected and after various things to attempt to get it to work I was given the suggestion to take the drive itself out of its enclosure and try it in a computer. I did so, installing it into my computer. After taking care of the hardware and Windows 2000 reg edits, Windows sees the drive therebut does not assign it a letter. There are errors on the drive (do to the drive going south while using it) that utilities have said are repairable, but I am unable to brig the drive any sort of working manner to do a data recovery on it.

I am basically stumped and if theres any chance of pulling the data off Ill take it. I have valuable data on it that I need to pull off.

Thanks in advance :)

crazijoe · 04-26-2005, 05:40 AM

I use GetDataBack. Works wonderfully.
http://www.runtime.org/gdb.htm

Outlander00 · 04-26-2005, 10:46 PM

I tried using the program however the data that comes back is corrupted (coming back with I/O error and bad sectors via the scan). Is it the case that the data is in fact gone completely cause the drive is bad?

crazijoe · 04-27-2005, 05:20 AM

Yes, very much so.

04-25-2005, 09:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
Outlander00 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Win 2000	Hard Drive problem I recently had my external hard drive stop working the other day (A WD USB type). It basically began to freeze windows whenever it was connected and after various things to attempt to get it to work I was given the suggestion to take the drive itself out of its enclosure and try it in a computer. I did so, installing it into my computer. After taking care of the hardware and Windows 2000 reg edits, Windows sees the drive therebut does not assign it a letter. There are errors on the drive (do to the drive going south while using it) that utilities have said are repairable, but I am unable to brig the drive any sort of working manner to do a data recovery on it. I am basically stumped and if theres any chance of pulling the data off Ill take it. I have valuable data on it that I need to pull off. Thanks in advance :)

04-26-2005, 05:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	I use GetDataBack. Works wonderfully. http://www.runtime.org/gdb.htm __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

04-27-2005, 05:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
crazijoe Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe Posts: 7,632 OS: WinXP, Win2K3 My System	Yes, very much so. __________________ Microsoft MCSA + Messaging, MVP, A+, Network+ http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b3...other/Help.jpg Do you want a real Republican? HDD diagnostic tools / HDD data recovery software

04-26-2005, 10:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Outlander00 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Win 2000	I tried using the program however the data that comes back is corrupted (coming back with I/O error and bad sectors via the scan). Is it the case that the data is in fact gone completely cause the drive is bad?