Comments on: Data recovery on a PC hardrive?

By: mark_only37

mark_only37 — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:37:45 +0000

before you do anything drastic! take out the cmos battery leave it overnight reboot next day. if that don't work try changing or checking the ram is inserted correctly….i had this problem!!!

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By: KeWr

KeWr — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:35:47 +0000

You should be able to put this hard drive in another running computer and access the data just fine.
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By: Lee P

Lee P — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:35:15 +0000

create a bootable CD from BartPE. Not sure how it will deal with file protection but if you can't get them that way.

Create a linux bootable disc and move the files you want after booting.

Data recovery services are extremely expensive. Several years ago, it cost $1000 to look at your drive to determine if it was save-able. That cost did not include the recovery.

For future reference, make a non-protected, non-connected backup.
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By: mjlalt

mjlalt — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:32:29 +0000

Data recovery can be very expensive.
You could take it too a local repair shop and they could give you an estimate.
If it was me I would pull out the drive and use a USB to IDE/SATA adapter. This will make your hard drive act like an external hard drive. Then get the data by plugging into another pc
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