Comments on: Dead HD What to Do? And What to do Next Time? http://hillbillydirect.com/dead_hd_what_to_do Rippin' Up the Online Business World Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:35:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: webmaster http://hillbillydirect.com/dead_hd_what_to_do/comment-page-1#comment-7 webmaster Sat, 24 May 2008 00:08:54 +0000 //?p=7#comment-7 Oh man that sucks! I know it is PAINFUL to realize so much irreplaceable data is GONE! The methods I mentioned above are a way that I may have to try myself, although the price tag is scary. I have found a Open Source program that worked to salvage some files on my drive. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec Free download. Problem is the files are a mess! They are all renamed and in numbered folders. The software found 83,000 files! But to figure out what is mine and what is just random system files I no longer need, I have to go through hundreds of folders to scan thousands of files, many of which I have to open to identify. I found a commercial program that does a similar thing. I am going to give it a try and see if it does a better job. You can try it out too. Not much to lose really, but a lot to gain. http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/ Free trial download. This isn't an affiliate link, but to get the full software there is a cost. But one can assess their drive free first, which is good. Oh man that sucks!

I know it is PAINFUL to realize so much irreplaceable data is GONE! The methods I mentioned above are a way that I may have to try myself, although the price tag is scary.
I have found a Open Source program that worked to salvage some files on my drive.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
Free download. Problem is the files are a mess! They are all renamed and in numbered folders. The software found 83,000 files! But to figure out what is mine and what is just random system files I no longer need, I have to go through hundreds of folders to scan thousands of files, many of which I have to open to identify.
I found a commercial program that does a similar thing. I am going to give it a try and see if it does a better job. You can try it out too. Not much to lose really, but a lot to gain.
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/
Free trial download. This isn’t an affiliate link, but to get the full software there is a cost. But one can assess their drive free first, which is good.

]]> By: stereoldie http://hillbillydirect.com/dead_hd_what_to_do/comment-page-1#comment-4 stereoldie Fri, 23 May 2008 21:52:25 +0000 //?p=7#comment-4 Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt, then shrunk it in the washer. I had a complete system failure on a Gateway DX420 with Windows Media Center. I'm into videos and sounds, and had a lot of files. Back in Feb. this year, the whole thing just stopped working. I got that nasty blue screen, with "instructions" LOL! Nothing worked. I called in a techie buddy, and he and I fiddled for an hour, then we hoofed it over to Staples and bought a new HD. Put it in, slipped the XP disc into the tray, and it wouldn't work. Couldn't even install a new copy of XP. Lost everything. I still have the PC in the closet, and one of these days I'm gonna see what I can do with it. You've given me some ideas here, and for that, I thank you! Take care, Steve Been there, done that, bought the t-shirt, then shrunk it in the washer.

I had a complete system failure on a Gateway DX420 with Windows Media Center. I’m into videos and sounds, and had a lot of files. Back in Feb. this year, the whole thing just stopped working. I got that nasty blue screen, with “instructions” LOL! Nothing worked. I called in a techie buddy, and he and I fiddled for an hour, then we hoofed it over to Staples and bought a new HD. Put it in, slipped the XP disc into the tray, and it wouldn’t work.

Couldn’t even install a new copy of XP. Lost everything. I still have the PC in the closet, and one of these days I’m gonna see what I can do with it. You’ve given me some ideas here, and for that, I thank you!

Take care,
Steve

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