A dying hard disk

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Hi guru,
My hard drive on my office PC started to rattle this morning. It did not get
hit, shaken or somethin'....
I went downtown to seek help for data recovery, but the price was amazingly
high. I asked my Uncle that there is a software that can be used to backup
the data on the dying drive. But what is the name of the software? Is it
possible to take the drive back up again without opening up the package?
Thanks for any help
Jack
 
I've got 2 IBM damaged disks anyway
I like Maxtor next Seagate and WD least IBM
Thanks
Jack
 
Jack said:
Hi guru,
My hard drive on my office PC started to rattle this morning. It did not get
hit, shaken or somethin'....
I went downtown to seek help for data recovery, but the price was amazingly
high. I asked my Uncle that there is a software that can be used to backup
the data on the dying drive. But what is the name of the software? Is it
possible to take the drive back up again without opening up the package?
Thanks for any help
Jack
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I have heard of people putting their disks in the freezer for data
recovery. Put your disk in the freezer for a few hours, and it might
work long enough for you to get any important files of the disk. You
probably will only get abut 15 minutes of life before the disk crashes
again, so know what you will retrieve before you begin.
 
Hi guru,
My hard drive on my office PC started to rattle this morning. It did not get
hit, shaken or somethin'....
I went downtown to seek help for data recovery, but the price was amazingly
high. I asked my Uncle that there is a software that can be used to backup
the data on the dying drive. But what is the name of the software? Is it
possible to take the drive back up again without opening up the package?
Thanks for any help
Jack
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Do you have CD writer? If yes, try to burn all the important data to
CD-R or you buy a new HD and clone your present one to the new one (in
assuming that you still access all the stuffs in the old HD).
 
WebWalker said:
Do you have CD writer? If yes, try to burn all the important data to
CD-R or you buy a new HD and clone your present one to the new one (in
assuming that you still access all the stuffs in the old HD).
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Copying to another HD will be faster than burning onto a CD. Unless
the contents of your HD are really disorganised and you have to hunt
for important files that are scattered all over the place, straight
copying, esp with WinXP, to a pre-formatted HD will be quicker than
cloning the whole drive. Opening the drive should be done only as a
last resort as even a tiny speck of dust can cause further damage.
 
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