Recover Data Files, Unerase Files » Damaged http://recoverdatafiles.com Data files recovery. Recover Erased Data Files Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:09:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How to recover a damaged USB’s data? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-recover-a-damaged-usbs-data http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-recover-a-damaged-usbs-data#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 10:03:46 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-recover-a-damaged-usbs-data I had accidentally dropped my laptop on the ground, fell about two feet tops onto the carpet, so the USB connection was bent, it’s not bent anymore because I unbent it a bit. BUT, whenever I plug it in my VISTA goes “One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message.”

What should I do? How do I recover the USB’s data?

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-recover-a-damaged-usbs-data/feed 2 How to repair damaged JPG files? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-repair-damaged-jpg-files http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-repair-damaged-jpg-files#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:08:48 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-repair-damaged-jpg-files I have recovered JPG files from a memory stick SD type, the files header are missing as well as footers, therefore they have just data if you view them in HEX. How may I recover these file to viewable? Nokia N70 and Nokia N80 was used to take these photos. I have tried all the revocery software available on the net but they do not work, the erros are all similar “bad or missing header” so with photoshop and opening it with RAW just presents snow. ACDSEE just show a blank (black image).

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-repair-damaged-jpg-files/feed 1 Problem with physically damaged hard drive? http://recoverdatafiles.com/problem-with-physically-damaged-hard-drive http://recoverdatafiles.com/problem-with-physically-damaged-hard-drive#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:21:01 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/problem-with-physically-damaged-hard-drive I have a western digital 160 GB hard drive. I had it plugged up and operating and since the side of my computer tower couldnt stay on and the hard drive was too large to actually fit inside….it would always be outside the tower. More to the point….while i was using it…i had a hard glass cup on the top of my tower and it accidently fell and made impact onto the operating hard drive. Ever since then it makes a small clicking sound(indicating that its physically damaged from the impact of the cup falling on it) and isn’t accessible. In the setup screen…the drive id is recognized but the capacity of the hard drive is no longer recognized. At this point…..what can i do to retrieve the data on it as i have very many importnat files on there that i really need to recover? Answers greatly appreciated

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/problem-with-physically-damaged-hard-drive/feed 4 How to See My Files from damaged Hard drive? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-see-my-files-from-damaged-hard-drive http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-see-my-files-from-damaged-hard-drive#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:20:57 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-see-my-files-from-damaged-hard-drive I recently got a virus on my hard drive, so i took it out and hooked it up to my laptop to recover the data. But then I look through the drive, all the data in My Pictures, My Music, and everything in My Documents is gone. But when I right click on the drive, it says that 80 gigs of 250 are used, those 80 gigs are my data but cant find them. I have already allowed the viewing of hidden files and used the search bar but still cant find my files. Where are my files??Thanks
Virus is removed, original OS on HD is XP pro connected through a SATA-USB cable onto a windows 7 OS laptop. I can see into the hard drive fine, I can see all the program files and everything in the drive but in the USERS folder, there should be a folder that says HP_ADMINISTRATOR, thats where everything should be, but its gone

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-see-my-files-from-damaged-hard-drive/feed 4 Hard drive file system damaged..? http://recoverdatafiles.com/hard-drive-file-system-damaged http://recoverdatafiles.com/hard-drive-file-system-damaged#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:21:03 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/hard-drive-file-system-damaged My hard drive shows unknown file format(all the files & folder names are changed into some machine language) and the capacity of particular hard drive has changed and it is not accessing. File system has changed automatically. A virus did that…Is there any software who recover hard drive & all data…
I dont want to format the drive because it has around 60 GB of data which is very important…I am in great trouble
somebody help me please…

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/hard-drive-file-system-damaged/feed 3 What to do with damaged hard drive/replacement options? http://recoverdatafiles.com/what-to-do-with-damaged-hard-drivereplacement-options http://recoverdatafiles.com/what-to-do-with-damaged-hard-drivereplacement-options#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:08:46 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/what-to-do-with-damaged-hard-drivereplacement-options This is a two part question.

1. My hard drive is apparently physically damaged. My Vaio cannot enter safe mode, it flashes a split second of a blue screen and reboots over and over again. I tried to recover my data with a disc enclosure on two separate computers – nada. Nothing showed up, it’s like it wasn’t even in there. I even sent the thing to a friend of a friend who does IT, but he tried the sames things as I and he didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know. Are there any other things I can try before I give up hope of ever seeing my old files again?

2. What kind of hard drives will fit in a Vaio FFE660G? My previous hard drive was a 100GB 2.5 SATA Hitachi. Will any size/brand fit as long as it is a 2.5 SATA? I know my brother’s Dell has a 2.5, but it’s a slightly different shape from mine and I want to make sure I buy one that fits.

I apologize for coming off a little ignorant about computers – I was lucky enough to have smooth sailing for most of my computering life!

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/what-to-do-with-damaged-hard-drivereplacement-options/feed 3 How do I fix my laptop with a damaged harddrive? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-fix-my-laptop-with-a-damaged-harddrive http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-fix-my-laptop-with-a-damaged-harddrive#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:21:00 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-fix-my-laptop-with-a-damaged-harddrive I recently dropped my laptop on the ground and when I try to start it up it tries to read the harddrive and gets stuck about 70% of the way thrugh (after analyzing it for 6 hours.) So I was wondering what I can do to fix the harddrive and recover the files on it?
Do I have to take it to a data management place or is there another alternative to fixing it?
Thanks for any input ahead of time.
Alright thanks for the input. I think I am just going to buy a new hardrive and get this put my current hardrives files onto it. Does anyone know of a good program that is free that I can put on CD that will allow me to back it up from my laptop. My laptop allows me to go to the setting screen so i can use the CD as a boot disk, but i wont let me go any further.

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-fix-my-laptop-with-a-damaged-harddrive/feed 5 How can I tell if a computer’s hard drive is physically damaged? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-can-i-tell-if-a-computers-hard-drive-is-physically-damaged http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-can-i-tell-if-a-computers-hard-drive-is-physically-damaged#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:08:38 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-can-i-tell-if-a-computers-hard-drive-is-physically-damaged I am having boot problems with XP and several Recover command prompts are turning up bad results:

FIXMBR – ” . . . The disk may be damaged”
FIXBOOT – “The boot sector cannot be fixed”
CHKDSK – “The specified drive is not valid, or there is no disk in the drive.”

Also, I heard the hard drive clicking/crunching when I ran FIXBOOT.

So is my hard drive physically shot? How can I tell for certain?

P.S. – Luckily I had recently placed all of my valuable data on an external hard drive, so data recovery is not an issue for me.

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-can-i-tell-if-a-computers-hard-drive-is-physically-damaged/feed 8 Can data from a hard drive be recovered after it has been damaged by magnets? http://recoverdatafiles.com/can-data-from-a-hard-drive-be-recovered-after-it-has-been-damaged-by-magnets http://recoverdatafiles.com/can-data-from-a-hard-drive-be-recovered-after-it-has-been-damaged-by-magnets#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:21:01 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/can-data-from-a-hard-drive-be-recovered-after-it-has-been-damaged-by-magnets Ok, here’s the situation…I have a HP Pavillion laptop and one day, I decided to bring my computer to my friend’s house. Long story short…my friend has a magnetic matress pad and I completely forgot about this. I had my computer turned on, playing music and I sat it on the bed that has magnets in the matress pad. After about 30min, I noticed my computer started to run very slowly and the music kinda sounded like a cd skipping. All of a sudden, I see the BSOD and it says to restart my computer and then the screen went completely black. I restarted it, and my computer wouldn’t start Windows. It turns on and goes to the main HP screen but it loops continuously as if there is no hard drive. I took it to a computer shop and he was able to locate the hard drive but it appeared that everything had been wiped off. I was thinking of getting a second opinion because I have found several articles online suggesting that a magnet cannot completely erase data and that it can be recovered. Help!??

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/can-data-from-a-hard-drive-be-recovered-after-it-has-been-damaged-by-magnets/feed 2 Best program to recover damaged files? http://recoverdatafiles.com/best-program-to-recover-damaged-files http://recoverdatafiles.com/best-program-to-recover-damaged-files#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:08:49 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/best-program-to-recover-damaged-files I have almost 400GB of data on one of my hard drives. I booted up with a GParted Live CD (on my laptop, by the way) and was resizing and moving the partition. It took 4 hours to re-size, then would have taken about 9 hours to move the partition over, so I left it running unattended for the majority of the process. I left the house about an hour and a half before it was supposed to finish, and everything was fine at that point. When I got back a few hours later, the laptop was off with a dead battery. Checked the power cord and it was only plugged into the adapter part-way. Must have stepped on the cord and pulled it out slightly when I left…

I booted up my computer and Windows told me to format the drive. I clicked no and instead ran “dskchk /F”. Windows fixed all the “orphaned files” and such, and now I can view the drive in My Computer. The problem is, the folder that had 400GB of data in it is now listed as a “file” of 0KB. I know the data is still on the hard drive because the free disk space still only shows 35GB free with a total capacity of 425GB. The only other folder on the disk only adds up to ~39GB. So that ~400GB is still on the disk, just can’t access it through Windows Explorer.

So my question is… How can I recover these files? I’m willing to spend money on a program if need be, but the only file recovery programs I found online say they recover “accidentally deleted” files. Will such a program also be able to recover the files lost in my situation?

I appreciate any advice anybody can provide.
Thanks,
Matt
Well I got all the files back by using a program called PC Inspector File Recovery, but because the partition on the hard drive was being moved to a different location on the disk while it died, all the files are messed up. Half of them won’t open in their respective viewing programs. I had a few movies in there too and they will play with VLC but are all random scenes from random files and parts are missing.

I’m still trying to figure out a way to somehow un-piece everything and piece it all back together in the right order. I’m sure the FBI could fix something like this in a matter of minutes.

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/best-program-to-recover-damaged-files/feed 3 How to copy data from a damaged disc? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-copy-data-from-a-damaged-disc http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-copy-data-from-a-damaged-disc#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:27:23 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-copy-data-from-a-damaged-disc Okay, so I have 2 different situations. First, I have a broken hard drive. Second, I have a scratched DVD. Both work fine until they reach the “scratch”. I can’t copy data from them because when it reaches the bad spot, the entire copy operation fails due to a “cyclic redundancy check”. What software (free is HIGHLY preferable) or copying technique do I need to rescue all the data I can from it?

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-copy-data-from-a-damaged-disc/feed 5 Data loss due to (probably) damaged hard disk? http://recoverdatafiles.com/data-loss-due-to-probably-damaged-hard-disk http://recoverdatafiles.com/data-loss-due-to-probably-damaged-hard-disk#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:09:07 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/data-loss-due-to-probably-damaged-hard-disk My computer has stopped working after it was moved by kids while it was on. It just goes into an infinite loop of trying to boot up, with a beep sound every few seconds.

I phoned some PC repair people and they said it might be due to damaged hard disk.

I am worried now! Could my data be lost? These people have said they can try and recover my data. Would it be 100% efficient? If any data turns out to be irrecoverable, does it mean certain files & folders won’t appear in the directory at all? Or would the contents of those files be jumbled up (appearing like junk)? What are the tell-tale signs of data loss?

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/data-loss-due-to-probably-damaged-hard-disk/feed 5 Data Recovery Company for a physically damaged drive? http://recoverdatafiles.com/data-recovery-company-for-a-physically-damaged-drive http://recoverdatafiles.com/data-recovery-company-for-a-physically-damaged-drive#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:21:10 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/data-recovery-company-for-a-physically-damaged-drive hi, I have a huge problem, I just sent my hard drive to a data recovery company (CBL) and they said there’s physical damage on the drive and they cant recover it, please tell me if you know of a company that handles these tough hard drive recovery cases!

Thanks!

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/data-recovery-company-for-a-physically-damaged-drive/feed 3 My hard simpletech hard drive was recently damaged is it cheaper to buy new one or pay for data recovery? http://recoverdatafiles.com/my-hard-simpletech-hard-drive-was-recently-damaged-is-it-cheaper-to-buy-new-one-or-pay-for-data-recovery http://recoverdatafiles.com/my-hard-simpletech-hard-drive-was-recently-damaged-is-it-cheaper-to-buy-new-one-or-pay-for-data-recovery#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:08:40 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/my-hard-simpletech-hard-drive-was-recently-damaged-is-it-cheaper-to-buy-new-one-or-pay-for-data-recovery If the answer is pay for data recovery what’s a cheap company that will recover the drive sucessfully?

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/my-hard-simpletech-hard-drive-was-recently-damaged-is-it-cheaper-to-buy-new-one-or-pay-for-data-recovery/feed 1 Damaged data unrecoverable? http://recoverdatafiles.com/damaged-data-unrecoverable http://recoverdatafiles.com/damaged-data-unrecoverable#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:09:57 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/damaged-data-unrecoverable I recently lost just about everything on my PC (with Windows XP), and whilst trying to recover everything with a data recovery program, it seems most of it can’t be recovered because it says its been over-written. When I check the properties for them, the overwrite percentage changes just about every time. I’ve even tried doing a system restore. Should I just give up hope?

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/damaged-data-unrecoverable/feed 3 Run data recovery before or after trying to fix physically damaged hard drive sectors? http://recoverdatafiles.com/run-data-recovery-before-or-after-trying-to-fix-physically-damaged-hard-drive-sectors http://recoverdatafiles.com/run-data-recovery-before-or-after-trying-to-fix-physically-damaged-hard-drive-sectors#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:24:53 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/run-data-recovery-before-or-after-trying-to-fix-physically-damaged-hard-drive-sectors Trying to recover some files that disappeared after playing with partitions.

The laptop hard drive seems to have a lot of bad sectors however and is probably damaged. (Problems copying files, slow, etc.)

Should I try to to do data recovery first or try to fix the damaged drive. Will fixing the bad sectors affect the data recovery software?

]]> http://recoverdatafiles.com/run-data-recovery-before-or-after-trying-to-fix-physically-damaged-hard-drive-sectors/feed 2 My usb got damaged in the rain, is there any way to fix it or just to recover the data on it.? http://recoverdatafiles.com/my-usb-got-damaged-in-the-rain-is-there-any-way-to-fix-it-or-just-to-recover-the-data-on-it http://recoverdatafiles.com/my-usb-got-damaged-in-the-rain-is-there-any-way-to-fix-it-or-just-to-recover-the-data-on-it#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:08:45 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/my-usb-got-damaged-in-the-rain-is-there-any-way-to-fix-it-or-just-to-recover-the-data-on-it
  • hi, i have just formatted my laptop. is there anyway to recover data now, as i had some pics . help please?
  • Is there any way to recover the data on a cd that has been cut or damaged?
  • Is There Any Way To Recover Data From A Badly Damaged Floppy Disk?
  • Is There Any Way To Recover My Data Back From My Damaged Harddisk?
    • ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/my-usb-got-damaged-in-the-rain-is-there-any-way-to-fix-it-or-just-to-recover-the-data-on-it/feed 2     how to i recover a damaged hard drive? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-i-recover-a-damaged-hard-drive http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-i-recover-a-damaged-hard-drive#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:21:52 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-i-recover-a-damaged-hard-drive my old computer recently crashed and i lost a large amount of files. i took it to a computer center and they said that the could probably transfer the old data but it would be very costly. does anyone know of some do it yourself tricks i could try first?

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-i-recover-a-damaged-hard-drive/feed 2     Is there any way to recover the data on a cd that has been cut or damaged? http://recoverdatafiles.com/is-there-any-way-to-recover-the-data-on-a-cd-that-has-been-cut-or-damaged http://recoverdatafiles.com/is-there-any-way-to-recover-the-data-on-a-cd-that-has-been-cut-or-damaged#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:10:00 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/is-there-any-way-to-recover-the-data-on-a-cd-that-has-been-cut-or-damaged
  • Is there a way to recover data that’s been lost after someone deleted everything from their computer?
  • My usb got damaged in the rain, is there any way to fix it or just to recover the data on it.?
  • Is there a way or a software to recover data or files in a partition that has been quick format?
  • is there any software that can recover data that has been overwritten.?
    • ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/is-there-any-way-to-recover-the-data-on-a-cd-that-has-been-cut-or-damaged/feed 3     How do I recover data from a water damaged ipod? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-recover-data-from-a-water-damaged-ipod http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-recover-data-from-a-water-damaged-ipod#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:21:17 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-recover-data-from-a-water-damaged-ipod Yesterday I dropped my Ipod in the bath. It was a Ipod Classic. The actual Ipod itself was not very good but the 3500 odd songs i had on it with no back up was AMAZING. After getting it out if the bath i panicked and did everything I could think of including charging it and turning it on and off. I then learnt this makes it worst. Is there ANY way it can be fixed with the current data still preserved ?
    PLEASE HELP!

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-recover-data-from-a-water-damaged-ipod/feed 2     Recovering data from damaged CD-R – damage to front? http://recoverdatafiles.com/recovering-data-from-damaged-cd-r-damage-to-front http://recoverdatafiles.com/recovering-data-from-damaged-cd-r-damage-to-front#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:08:51 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/recovering-data-from-damaged-cd-r-damage-to-front I have a CD-R which, somehow, had a small amount of the surface scratched off of the front side. The disc will now no longer load, so I can’t retrieve the files.

    Is there anything I can do to “fix” the disc long enough to get the files off it and burn them to a new CD-R? Metallic pen “painting” over the damage? Gluing a small piece of aluminum to the disc? Putting a sticker over the damaged area?

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/recovering-data-from-damaged-cd-r-damage-to-front/feed 3     Are there affordable options for data recovery from a damaged hard drive? http://recoverdatafiles.com/are-there-affordable-options-for-data-recovery-from-a-damaged-hard-drive http://recoverdatafiles.com/are-there-affordable-options-for-data-recovery-from-a-damaged-hard-drive#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:09:31 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/are-there-affordable-options-for-data-recovery-from-a-damaged-hard-drive I have a Seagate 500 GB/7200rpm something or other hard drive that suffered trauma when the Macbook it was in hit the ground. The drive is like 2 years old. I sent it to Data Recovery Labs and they quoted $1690 to recover the data. Surely there must be an alternative that *normal* people can afford? Any tips?
    What do you mean by “freezing it”?
    But can this be done if the dead computer can’t even be booted?

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/are-there-affordable-options-for-data-recovery-from-a-damaged-hard-drive/feed 2     How can I recover files from a component damaged jump drive? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-can-i-recover-files-from-a-component-damaged-jump-drive http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-can-i-recover-files-from-a-component-damaged-jump-drive#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:08:56 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-can-i-recover-files-from-a-component-damaged-jump-drive I had my jump drive in my coat pocket and slammed my car door on it. I have everything on the drive, is there any way to recover the data?

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-can-i-recover-files-from-a-component-damaged-jump-drive/feed 2     I want to recover data from Word & Excel files, which were damaged by Kamasutra VIRUS (attacked on Feb 03, 06) http://recoverdatafiles.com/i-want-to-recover-data-from-word-excel-files-which-were-damaged-by-kamasutra-virus-attacked-on-feb-03-06 http://recoverdatafiles.com/i-want-to-recover-data-from-word-excel-files-which-were-damaged-by-kamasutra-virus-attacked-on-feb-03-06#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:09:22 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/i-want-to-recover-data-from-word-excel-files-which-were-damaged-by-kamasutra-virus-attacked-on-feb-03-06
  • Any Free Software That Can Recover Data From Corrupt , Damaged Word Files?
  • How Do You Recover Data From A Damaged Dvd I Get A Crc Error When I Try To Copy The Files?
  • any data recovery programs where you can recover files deleted from you recycle bin but easy to use?
  • any data recovery programs where you can recover files deleted from you recycle bin but easy to use?
    • ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/i-want-to-recover-data-from-word-excel-files-which-were-damaged-by-kamasutra-virus-attacked-on-feb-03-06/feed 2     Fix Damaged Images AFTER Data Recovery Has Been Performed? http://recoverdatafiles.com/fix-damaged-images-after-data-recovery-has-been-performed http://recoverdatafiles.com/fix-damaged-images-after-data-recovery-has-been-performed#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:09:44 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/fix-damaged-images-after-data-recovery-has-been-performed I used a data recovery program to recover lost images from my digital camera. Unfortunately some of them came out grey. Meaning, when I look at the picture as a thumbnail, I can see the entire picture, but when I open the image, a large portion of it completely greyed out. Any idea of how I can fix these images? I’ve tried recovering them twice and both times the same images came out damaged.

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/fix-damaged-images-after-data-recovery-has-been-performed/feed 2     Damaged Hard Disk Drive Data Recovery? http://recoverdatafiles.com/damaged-hard-disk-drive-data-recovery http://recoverdatafiles.com/damaged-hard-disk-drive-data-recovery#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:22:03 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/damaged-hard-disk-drive-data-recovery Please share price, websites, names and contact info. for recovering data from a damaged Hard Disk Drive.

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/damaged-hard-disk-drive-data-recovery/feed 3     How do I recover data from a crashed Mac with a damaged hard drive? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-recover-data-from-a-crashed-mac-with-a-damaged-hard-drive http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-recover-data-from-a-crashed-mac-with-a-damaged-hard-drive#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:09:06 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-recover-data-from-a-crashed-mac-with-a-damaged-hard-drive Hello, I have had the unfortunate experience of having my relatively new MacBook laptop crash. I heard terrible noises right before the horror of it all…a grayish blank screen containing one small file folder in the center and a flashing question mark. I have already spent 8 hours reading every computer blog including Mac’s own tech support website. I don’t want to pay the $1.000’s for professional data recovery and thought that someone might have an answer from personal experience with the same problem. Thank You!

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-do-i-recover-data-from-a-crashed-mac-with-a-damaged-hard-drive/feed 3     How to recover data in damaged HDD? http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-recover-data-in-damaged-hdd http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-recover-data-in-damaged-hdd#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:21:29 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-recover-data-in-damaged-hdd I have new HDD. Only 4 months ago when I bought Seagate Barracuda 7200.11. Suddenly it can’t boot up. It says “Disk read error”. Before it happens, the HDD made squeaky noise, not often, but unusual, and took unusually longer time to read/write or access than normally it does. Then I used SeaTools software to check it for errors. It returned “write cache failed to write file X to disk”.
    I suspect that the motor doesn’t run. If it indeed doesn’t rotate, is it possible to recover the data? Is there any cheap data recovery services in South East Asia area?
    Is it possible to make it back to spin? Because, spending thousands of dollars is not that worth it.

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/how-to-recover-data-in-damaged-hdd/feed 1     Plz help…in recovering damaged data…? http://recoverdatafiles.com/plz-help-in-recovering-damaged-data http://recoverdatafiles.com/plz-help-in-recovering-damaged-data#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:08:50 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/plz-help-in-recovering-damaged-data i was using “partition magic”. I did some mistake and when i restarted my computer, all the songs in one drive were mixed together….means when i play a song it is not the same as it should b. It is some other song…or two songs mixed together…. Can i regain my original data?? plz tell me method…. System cannot b restored bcoz it gives error:”ur drive was off for some time si it’s data cannot b recovered”.

    ]]>     http://recoverdatafiles.com/plz-help-in-recovering-damaged-data/feed 2     Is it possible to recover data from a hard drive with a physically damaged boot sector? http://recoverdatafiles.com/is-it-possible-to-recover-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-a-physically-damaged-boot-sector http://recoverdatafiles.com/is-it-possible-to-recover-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-a-physically-damaged-boot-sector#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:23:12 +0000 Editor http://recoverdatafiles.com/is-it-possible-to-recover-data-from-a-hard-drive-with-a-physically-damaged-boot-sector My mother dropped her laptop from a distance of about 1.5 feet while it was on, and the hard drive was idling (probably about 3k rpm). Windows Checkdisk found about a hundred unreadable data sectors, and she’s currently unable to load Windows–the screen goes black after choosing the startup method either way.

    This tells me that the boot sector was physically damaged during the impact.

    Is there a reasonable chance of recovering her documents? Would any of you know of a good program to recommend for this?

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