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Old 12-05-2005, 09:23 PM
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i post this in computer tech help also but it will get way less views there im sure.

my computer crashed and i got the blue screen. both my hard drives arent recognized anymore. if i hook these up to another computer with windows already installed is there a program i can use to find my data or repair the drive? partition magic comes to mind..

so anyways, it cant recognize anything about the drive. not the size, the name, or the partitions.

i find it hard to believe the data is gone since the crash was only 1 second. maybe there was a short circuit or something and the drives are fried? i cannot think of another reason why both my harddrives are ruined.

yea so i lost like a few 100+ gigs of stuff. I will offer money for knowledge on how to obtain my lost data. $100+
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Old 12-05-2005, 09:48 PM
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Default Re: program to fix harddrive problem

It doesn't take more than a second to lose everything, so it very well may be lost. Take it to a computer repair shop, they will tell you if the harddrives are fried. If they are, take it to someone who specializes in data retrieval. It may be possible to get your data back, but odds are this will cost several hundred dollars.

Think of this as a reminder to back up your data on a regular basis.
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Old 12-05-2005, 10:51 PM
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Default Re: program to fix harddrive problem

Try VirtualLab. I've used it to recover more than one unreadable drive in the past (computers are my job).
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Old 12-05-2005, 11:07 PM
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It doesn't take more than a second to lose everything, so it very well may be lost. Take it to a computer repair shop, they will tell you if the harddrives are fried. If they are, take it to someone who specializes in data retrieval. It may be possible to get your data back, but odds are this will cost several hundred dollars.

Think of this as a reminder to back up your data on a regular basis.

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how does it only take a second to completely erase everything?? or do you just mean make it difficult to retrieve?


yea my backup for my 160 gig was on the 400 gig which was in the same computer [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] i didnt know harddrive problems were contagious
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Old 12-05-2005, 11:15 PM
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Default Re: program to fix harddrive problem

What type of OS are you plugging the possibly bad hard drives into?

Do the following:

control panel -> system ->hardware tab -> device manger button -> disk drives

how many drives are listed? if the drives are listed but your not seeing them in My Computer the drives will need to be mapped. Let me know if this works, there are other things you can try as well.
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Old 12-05-2005, 11:16 PM
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Will the PC no longer boot up or are the hard drives the only bad component? The PC that you are plugging your "bad" drives into may not be able to recognize your "bad" drives because they are big.
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Old 12-05-2005, 11:22 PM
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What type of OS are you plugging the possibly bad hard drives into?

Do the following:

control panel -> system ->hardware tab -> device manger button -> disk drives

how many drives are listed? if the drives are listed but your not seeing them in My Computer the drives will need to be mapped. Let me know if this works, there are other
things you can try as well.

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win xp pro corp. one of the bad ones had windows on it and will not work. i orded another HD.i am going to load windows onto the new one and try and access the wrecked drives that way. ill let you konw if i can see them when i get my new HD
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Old 12-05-2005, 11:25 PM
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thanks for the help so far everyone. im trying stuff out but nothing has worked so far.

if youR suggestion helps im sending you $100
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Old 12-06-2005, 12:39 AM
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You could try this: http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm

PS No need to send me the 100 bucks if it works [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

PPS I am nearly certain that your data is recoverable... just an issue of cost
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Old 12-06-2005, 01:10 AM
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You could try this: http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm

PS No need to send me the 100 bucks if it works [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

PPS I am nearly certain that your data is recoverable... just an issue of cost

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wow i just was going to post this. i googled around and found this program and the demo worked for me. it was able to show the orginal partition sizes. i bought the program but the link for it wasnt working. hopefully i can get it working soon.
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