hard drive recovery

WLJohnson05 · September 4th, 2008, 05:32 PM

anyone here know about taking apart hard drives and recovering the data? i've got an external that crapped out on me and im tryin the freezer thing first and if that doesnt work then i dont know...

EThompson6 · September 4th, 2008, 06:15 PM

symptons of the drive, is it clicking? or will it just not read?

00vabchgt · September 4th, 2008, 06:17 PM

i had the clicking thing happen a few months back with my external. i bought a new one and was able to get the old one to work long enough to transfer all the data...

WLJohnson05 · September 4th, 2008, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by EThompson6

symptons of the drive, is it clicking? or will it just not read?

well when it was in its case it was clicking, i removed it from the case and have an adapter that i can hook the drive up to and run thru the usb but its not working on that, so right now its sitting in the freezer

Originally Posted by 00vabchgt

i had the clicking thing happen a few months back with my external. i bought a new one and was able to get the old one to work long enough to transfer all the data...

yea see thas what im tryin to do, i went ahead and about a 1tb and hoping to pull all the data from my 160gb that is not working

EThompson6 · September 4th, 2008, 06:56 PM

funny. 160 gigs are the most commonly failed drive.

WLJohnson05 · September 4th, 2008, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by EThompson6

funny. 160 gigs are the most commonly failed drive.

yea lets hope my 1tb lasts...
so what can i do about it?

commandersafi · September 4th, 2008, 07:02 PM

I see your trying my freezer method

Get back to me on if it works for you or not. What your gonna wanna do right after you get it out of the freezer is connect your 1tb and transfer everything over before it breaks again

EThompson6 · September 4th, 2008, 07:07 PM

sometimes a hammer in the center of the drive works.

HMUSN · September 4th, 2008, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by EThompson6

sometimes a hammer in the center of the drive works.

a marlin spike works much better.

EThompson6 · September 4th, 2008, 07:13 PM

I just know when I was working at geek squad, we used hammers. ha ha

WLJohnson05 · September 4th, 2008, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by commandersafi

I see your trying my freezer method

Get back to me on if it works for you or not. What your gonna wanna do right after you get it out of the freezer is connect your 1tb and transfer everything over before it breaks again

yep thas the plan, how long should i wait? its been in there about 3 hours, should i just wait all night and try it tomorrow or do it tonight?

Originally Posted by EThompson6

sometimes a hammer in the center of the drive works.

i have read that sometimes tapping it will help it sometimes

commandersafi · September 4th, 2008, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by WLJohnson05

yep thas the plan, how long should i wait? its been in there about 3 hours, should i just wait all night and try it tomorrow or do it tonight?

leave it in there for maybe another 2-3 hours...

WLJohnson05 · September 4th, 2008, 08:44 PM

what can i do if that doesnt work...

WLJohnson05 · September 4th, 2008, 11:42 PM

well i tried it...nothing...so now what...

commandersafi · September 4th, 2008, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by WLJohnson05

well i tried it...nothing...so now what...

what is it doing? sounds or any other irregularities

WLJohnson05 · September 5th, 2008, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by commandersafi

what is it doing? sounds or any other irregularities

its doing nothing

WLJohnson05 · September 5th, 2008, 01:07 AM

this is what it does when its hooked up to the stock board that it came with (obviously i have it out of the case)

00000ajtja.flv - Video - Photobucket - Video and...

WLJohnson05 · September 5th, 2008, 02:14 PM

?

gills99stang · September 5th, 2008, 04:00 PM

I've never heard of the freezer method before, but I have used the tapping method in the past. When you hook it up, is it recognized at all in device manager? What methods are you trying when hooking it up to your computer?

WLJohnson05 · September 5th, 2008, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by gills99stang

I've never heard of the freezer method before, but I have used the tapping method in the past. When you hook it up, is it recognized at all in device manager? What methods are you trying when hooking it up to your computer?

the way in the video is how it is hooked up stock its just not all in its case and everything and the other way i tried was using this thing from a place online called coolgear which has a hookup for it to plug into then it runs it into a usb. either way both are using the usb in the end to get to the computer. i dont think it sees it at all in the system

and the leds that light up in the video are the lights that usually come on when its plugged in but they are supposed to stay on (its what lights up the ring on the outside of the WD case

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September 4th, 2008, 06:15 PM	#2
EThompson6 Regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 344	symptons of the drive, is it clicking? or will it just not read?

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EThompson6 Regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 344	funny. 160 gigs are the most commonly failed drive.

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commandersafi Banned 2000 v6 Mustang Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 340	I see your trying my freezer method Get back to me on if it works for you or not. What your gonna wanna do right after you get it out of the freezer is connect your 1tb and transfer everything over before it breaks again

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EThompson6 Regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 344	sometimes a hammer in the center of the drive works.

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