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buttercookie
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May 07, 2007 - 12:51 PM |
 
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hey all! my hard disk suffered a "shock" and died..  is there anyway it can be revived? does that mean all my data in it are lost? |
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dfoo
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May 07, 2007 - 01:13 PM |
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What kind of shock? Does your machine find it? You could get a copy of spinrite (http://www.grc.com) and give that a try. |
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computersolutions
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May 07, 2007 - 01:18 PM |
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Depends.
Typically there are two ways drives die -
Disk failure - eg head hits platter or stiction, clicking or head seeking or other similar issues. Depending on whats happened *may* be possible to recover data. Typically software is used to tell the drive to ignore bad reads and retry. In more severe cases, the platters are removed in a clean room, and new drive heads installed.
Board failure - board gets fried for whatever reasons - dodgy power supplies etc.
This is easier to repair - usually you can replace the board with another one from the same series (or repair the board).
In your case, its probably a head crash. Depending on what you've done since then it may be possible to recover data, but its expensive and time consuming. Most data recovery goes to about 2000 rmb (and you still need to buy another hard drive for the data). So you are looking at about 2500-3000rmb +- for recovery.
If you are in that budget, you can give us a call.
Recovery from dead drives typically takes between 2 weeks to a month though, depending what needs to be done.
Lawrence / www.computersolutions.cn |
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buttercookie
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May 08, 2007 - 08:59 AM |
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i dont know what kind of shock it is.. it was running and i tripped over the wires and it died..
and that is alot of money to revive a harddisk.. hahaha.. i'll think about it! |
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horsemandk
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May 08, 2007 - 10:17 AM |
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If it's a mechanical failure inside the drive itself recovery is still possible but the price is very different from the one mentioned above. All data can be recovered even from hardware failure inside the drive, but use a professional service if that's the case (there are only 2 out there; OnTrack and IBAS)
The question is really if your data is worth that much money? |
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buttercookie
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May 08, 2007 - 11:01 AM |
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argh.. IT kills me.. i think i send waves that destroys gadgets.. technology malfunctions around me! |
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hc
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May 08, 2007 - 11:50 AM |
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seph_07
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May 09, 2007 - 05:32 PM |
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Ontrack Easy Recovery can help as long as the hard drive can be detected by a system. But if it is a hardware problem, meaning the drive cannot be detected at all, its a different story i guess. |
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