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external HD crash; Any hope
Topic Started: Mar 25 2017, 04:14 AM (552 Views)
longbich
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My external Terabyte HD crashed with my mainly backup stuff, photos etc., but it's important.
It went click clack before quitting. It was a Medion with a plug to power and a usb and the computer gals said forgeddaboudit.
But I would like to retrieve the stuff.
The advice was that I may be up for $750 to $1000 to get this stuff back.
I don't think that I can pay this kind of money.
What do you reckon?
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And Lo, the Bird is on the wing. "Omar"
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longbich
Mar 25 2017, 04:14 AM
My external Terabyte HD crashed with my mainly backup stuff, photos etc., but it's important.
It went click clack before quitting. It was a Medion with a plug to power and a usb and the computer gals said forgeddaboudit.
But I would like to retrieve the stuff.
The advice was that I may be up for $750 to $1000 to get this stuff back.
I don't think that I can pay this kind of money.
What do you reckon?
That sounds extremely high to retrieve data from a crashed HD..shop around.
What part of Oz are you in?
You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up
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Adolph Hipster
Mar 25 2017, 11:42 PM
longbich
Mar 25 2017, 04:14 AM
My external Terabyte HD crashed with my mainly backup stuff, photos etc., but it's important.
It went click clack before quitting. It was a Medion with a plug to power and a usb and the computer gals said forgeddaboudit.
But I would like to retrieve the stuff.
The advice was that I may be up for $750 to $1000 to get this stuff back.
I don't think that I can pay this kind of money.
What do you reckon?
That sounds extremely high to retrieve data from a crashed HD..shop around.
What part of Oz are you in?
Adolph Hipster I am on the East Coast 4 hours from Sydney or 2 1/2 from Canberra. My local area IT guys are unable to do this.
They gave me details of places in the cities but I won't be going all that way and then forking out all those dollars.
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You may be a conservative republican..if you are pro life until you get your mistress knocked up
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So I guess after that process, you then transfer the files from that HD onto a thumb drive for transfer?
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Adolph Hipster
Mar 26 2017, 02:39 AM
I am still trying to decipher what that one guy said about disassembling the HD. He said that 95% of the HD 's going dead was due to the SATA bridge. I don't think it was stated on what you do to actually retrieve the data. He really liked bacon.

Another guy said to get another HD the same to hook them up using various parts.
Another one said it was a waste of time.

I may try to take it apart and see if there's physical damage to the discs but as for diagnosing any head wreckage I wouldn't know how.
I may give it to a young guy who enjoys a challenge.

Thanks for the youTube clips Adolph Hipster.
And yes that's what I was trying to figure out Wilmywood8455.
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LB, the guy said don't rely on thr HD once it's been apart, but I'm thinking that the only obvious next step once the bridge is freed is to copy the data onto another means of storage - SD card, flash drive, etc.
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wilmywood8455
Mar 26 2017, 09:42 PM
LB, the guy said don't rely on thr HD once it's been apart, but I'm thinking that the only obvious next step once the bridge is freed is to copy the data onto another means of storage - SD card, flash drive, etc.
Yes Wilmywood8455 but that step is the one I am stuck on.
How do you get the data off the disc?
How do you copy it?
Is it a disc that you can stick in your D:/ drive and read off it onto your PC's HD, usually C:/?
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How do you get the data off the disc?
How do you copy it?
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The only way I know of would be to free it up, get it working again (as in the video) and copy the files onto another device, like hard drive, SD card, flash drive, etc., through your laptop/desktop
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longbich
Mar 31 2017, 07:19 AM
How do you get the data off the disc?
How do you copy it?
This very short video shows you how to do this....

Clone, do not spam this particular forum with your nonsense.
Edited by wilmywood8455, Mar 31 2017, 03:03 PM.
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You recover data from a hard drive in a vacuum environment so its not something you will do in your garage - costs about $300 US

In the future make sure SMART is enabled so you can get warnings of HD failure.

PS LMAO Clone.
Edited by estonianman, Mar 31 2017, 11:28 PM.
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wilmywood8455
Mar 31 2017, 07:32 AM
The only way I know of would be to free it up, get it working again (as in the video) and copy the files onto another device, like hard drive, SD card, flash drive, etc., through your laptop/desktop
Okay I will try this. Nothing more to lose.
Too many dollars to have an expert recover the data for me.
Edited by longbich, Apr 1 2017, 04:59 AM.
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Wilmy wrote:
 
Clone, do not spam this particular forum with your nonsense.


Wilmy, do not spam this particular board with your hostility.

Might I remind you this is a no HOSTILITY board not a no humor board.

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Edited by clone, Apr 2 2017, 04:32 PM.
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Longbich, sorry I did not see this earlier. Are you certain that the hard disk has failed or is it possible that just the electronics that connect the hard disk to your computer failed?

First some background. Most external hard drives are actually internal drives inside of a plastic housing which also contains a bridge adapter (ATA/ATAPI to USB) that converts the connection from that of a HDD to USB along with a power adapter to power the bridge and the drive.

If the bridge or power source in the external drive is what failed then you just need to purchase an external bridge and the copy the files from your external drive to another.

Usually the physically smaller 1TB externals are 2.5" drives and the physically larger ones are 3.5" drives. If you purchased it in the last 3 years or so then it will almost certainly be a SATA drive it in theory it could be an IDE drive. In the video that Tik posted the guy has a 2.5" SATA drive. The thing he plugs into the back of it is the bridge I was talking about to get the files off.

It is my experience that the electronics on an external can fail due to power surges before the actual moving parts of the hard drive fail.

Fortunately, the adapter to let you check the drive is inexpensive. $11 US.

https://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIV0583KG8674&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleBizMKPL-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleBizMKPL-PC-_-pla-_-UPS+Accessories-_-9SIV0583KG8674&gclid=CIzq4amOidMCFYUehgod4FUMcw

I have one of the above adapters and I use it whenever I need to pull data off of a hard drive.

Really everyone should have one of these adapters on a shelf if they ever plan to work on a PC.
Edited by Demagogue, Apr 3 2017, 04:34 PM.
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Apr 3 2017, 04:24 PM
Longbich, sorry I did not see this earlier. Are you certain that the hard disk has failed or is it possible that just the electronics that connect the hard disk to your computer failed?

First some background. Most external hard drives are actually internal drives inside of a plastic housing which also contains a bridge adapter (ATA/ATAPI to USB) that converts the connection from that of a HDD to USB along with a power adapter to power the bridge and the drive.

If the bridge or power source in the external drive is what failed then you just need to purchase an external bridge and the copy the files from your external drive to another.

Usually the physically smaller 1TB externals are 2.5" drives and the physically larger ones are 3.5" drives. If you purchased it in the last 3 years or so then it will almost certainly be a SATA drive it in theory it could be an IDE drive. In the video that Tik posted the guy has a 2.5" SATA drive. The thing he plugs into the back of it is the bridge I was talking about to get the files off.

It is my experience that the electronics on an external can fail due to power surges before the actual moving parts of the hard drive fail.

Fortunately, the adapter to let you check the drive is inexpensive. $11 US.

https://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIV0583KG8674&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleBizMKPL-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleBizMKPL-PC-_-pla-_-UPS+Accessories-_-9SIV0583KG8674&gclid=CIzq4amOidMCFYUehgod4FUMcw

I have one of the above adapters and I use it whenever I need to pull data off of a hard drive.

Really everyone should have one of these adapters on a shelf if they ever plan to work on a PC.
Thanks Demagogue. It's a 3 1/2" Medion with power. Not USB powered.
I am fairly sure it's kaput. It was clacking and clunking just before it quit.
It is out of the plastic case and I have to check the SATA after I look at if the disc is damaged.
If the disc is too far gone then it won't be worth going further.
That adapter would have come in handy if I'd got in early but I didn't realize that the drive was about to crash. I didn't understand the signs.
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longbich, have you considered calling another country and getting an estimate on data retrieval there? Maybe the US or New Zealand?
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wilmywood8455
Apr 4 2017, 08:27 PM
longbich, have you considered calling another country and getting an estimate on data retrieval there? Maybe the US or New Zealand?
Or perhaps the Russians....rumor has it they are very good at getting things off of hard drives....
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