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I want to get rid of all my data so i can sell my computer with the hard drive. I would just format the hard drive, but then it would be possible for someone to recover some of the data. Is there a way to get rid of all the data?
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can i recover data from my seagate hard drive that does not work anymore? I have 600 gigs of info on there and i just got it about a month ago. I called technical support and they said that it sounds like the drive wont spin no more cause it just buzzed every few seconds and the light didnt light up on it.I contacted data recovery and they wanted 2200 dollars to do it . is there a way i can do it. Please help.

I turned on my Fantom drive this morning to find that the contents of an entire directory of movie files was gone. The folder listed 0 files, 0 bytes, though they were all present the day before and I know no one deleted them. But what’s weird is that when I tried to transfer some of the deleted files from my computer hard drive to the Fantom, it wouldn’t let me, saying stuff about files with those names already existing in that directory. So it’s like the data is all there – it’s just not showing up.

The hard drive was off and I know NO ONE accessed it between the last time I saw the files and this morning. I think that since it appears that the data is still present, there is a chance to save it. Any pointers?

The USB connector to my External Hard Drive broke off, is my Ex Hard Drive permanently damage? Or can I still recover the data from it?
The USB connector to my External Hard Drive broke off, is my Ex Hard Drive permanently damage? Or can I still recover the data from it?’

The External Hard Drive is WD Passport and there only one of connecting it to a computer. My question are there other ways of accessing an External Hard Drive other than use of a USB cable?

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?

I want someone introduce me a software for formatting a hard beyond recovery.

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The other day my Seagate external hard drive stopped working all of a sudden and now it doesn’t mount on my laptop. It is now making a clicking noise every time I try to use it. I have almost 400GB of stuff on it and loosing the data is not an option. How do I fix it ?

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currently my external hard drive easily crashed and lost its partition, especially if it is not properly remove.

If I did any of the following:
shot the drive once with a .30 caliber rifle bullet?
shot it half a dozen times with a 9mm handgun?
used it as a clay pigeon for my shotgun (buckshot)?
removed the drive cover and bashed the platters with a ball peen hammer?
set it on fire for 1/2 hour with gasoline?
set off 3 grams of thermite on it?
opened the drive and set off an M80 on top the platters?
used a soldering gun (degauss device) to attempt to corrupt the data?
knifed the drive platters directly? (stabbing or slashing the platters)
used 80grit sand paper on the drive platters
dropped a drive with the cover removed into a sulfuric acid bath?
put a stick of dynamite under the drive and set if off?
welded a chain to the drive and drug it behind my car on the freeway for a couple hours (average day’s commute to the city)?
stuck the opened drive in the dishwasher?
poured circuit board etching solution into an opened drive?
zapped the drive with a tesla coil?
ran it over with a tank?
threw it off a plane at 500 feet and 180 mph? (onto hard pavement)

could data be recovered by a professional if the drive suffered the listed kinds of extreme abuse or purposeful destruction?
an earlier yahoo! answers question about fastest way to destroying hard drives made me curious would shooting a hard drive actually work to permanently destroy the data? I recommended shooting the hard drive, I’ve used them for target practice before with good results, but I just want to be completely sure.