impakt Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I might as well kill myself and get it over with. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten fingers ten toes Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 No backups at all? This is why you should have shared everything in YLC! Seriously though, for enough cash you can recover nearly anything from a broken HDD. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ten fingers ten toes's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-765704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
impakt Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) I'll have to spend whatever it takes then, I can't go on without it. Edited July 3, 2008 by impakt Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-765705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten fingers ten toes Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 impakt said: I'll have to spend whatever it takes then, I can't go on without it. Here's a place in the UK - http://www.datarecoveryuk.co.uk/data-recovery-pricing/ I've never had to do this so I'm not sure what a typical price is or what a good company is to perform it. I just know that it's entirely possible, especially with the drive being undamaged (the FBI can (and has) recover data from drive platters that have been partially burned in fires, so I'm totally confident that with the media itself being undamaged that a substantial portion of your info is recoverable). Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ten fingers ten toes's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-765709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten fingers ten toes Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 You'd have to ship it to the US I think, but these people, from my quick research, are some of the most recommended in the biz: http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ten fingers ten toes's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-765719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Synthacat 9 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 you can even go on google maps and type in hard drive recovery around your location and find a local place to do it (if you don't want to ship it that is) Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-765737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 impakt said: I'll have to spend whatever it takes then, I can't go on without it. yeah! whatever it takes! you have to GO ON! Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-765741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten fingers ten toes Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Also some people have mentioned that if it's not the disk media thats the problem, and instead the electronics or the motor on the drive (which is always the more common failure), you can likely have the drive manufacturer move the media into a replacement drive housing and it will almost certainly work like new. That won't be free, and you can actually do this yourself if you buy a second drive of the exact same type, but umm, I would trust a company with a clean room and dedicated technicians for something that sensitive. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ten fingers ten toes's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-765742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goffer Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 did you drop it? or did it just stop working? if the latter you could try the other freezer trick or just let it be for a few days and try again, if it works move the data to a new drive immediately! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide goffer's signature Hide all signatures PHOTOS Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-765749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I recently resurrected a hard drive that had been out of commission for a while. The computer itself died and I was too broke/lazy to buy an enclosure for it for a while. It's nice to have another 500 albums again. Oh, and all of the original .wavs from numerous tracks. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Braintree's signature Hide all signatures colindyer.bandcamp.com williamsbraintree.bandcamp.com Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-765755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sysex Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 "died" is a bit vague... does it click? does it make strange noises? does it just not appear on your desktop or in my computer? is it part of a *gasp* RAID0 config? there are little things you can try on your own in an attempt to recover the data yourself... like the freezer trick... just depends on what the symptoms of your "dead" drive are. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-766139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
acid1 Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 sysex said: "died" is a bit vague... does it click? does it make strange noises? does it just not appear on your desktop or in my computer? is it part of a *gasp* RAID0 config? there are little things you can try on your own in an attempt to recover the data yourself... like the freezer trick... just depends on what the symptoms of your "dead" drive are. I hate RAID0 :devil: Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-766170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) this happened to me last year. it was incredibly annoying. Edited July 3, 2008 by BCM Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide BCM's signature Hide all signatures Bandcamp | Spotify | SoundCloud | Amazon | Apple Music | YouTube | YouTube Music | Deezer | Google Play Music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-766247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) i'm soon to be purchasing a memory card setup so i'll be saving on to those little memory cards... more chance of losing than them stopping working... Edited July 3, 2008 by YEK Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide YEK's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents !:/music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-766269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I had a 60GB mp3 player fail on me, and sent it to these guys (Uk, Wales based) Rapid Data Recovery http://www.rapid-data.net/ They DID get the data back for me, which was good, although they quoted £99 but charged £300. Still, thats cheaper than some quotes I've seen. They couldn't get the actual drive working but they managed to recover all the data and copy it onto DVD-Rs for me Are you really based in the Pitcairn Islands, Impakt? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-766273 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beneboi Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 zazen said: I had a 60GB mp3 player fail on me, and sent it to these guys (Uk, Wales based) Rapid Data Recovery http://www.rapid-data.net/ They DID get the data back for me, which was good, although they quoted £99 but charged £300. Still, thats cheaper than some quotes I've seen. They couldn't get the actual drive working but they managed to recover all the data and copy it onto DVD-Rs for me Are you really based in the Pitcairn Islands, Impakt? lol you paid 300 for 60gb of mp3s? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-767695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 please a bit more info bout noises and behaviour and stuff. does the BIOS detect it? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaini's signature Hide all signatures On 5/7/2013 at 11:06 PM, ambermonk said: I know IDM can be extreme On 6/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, ladalaika said: this sounds like an airplane landing on a minefield Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-767781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 i don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, but if you hear bad clicking/clunking sounds, please do not continue to power up the drive! if the head has fallen onto the disc, you will do further damage every time you try to spin up. good luck! i can second ontrack, a project i worked on was lost on a shitty mybook and they got almost everything back. i think it cost in the realm of $1500-$2k. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/35605-so-my-storage-hard-drive-died/#findComment-769055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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