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| Thread ID: 104142 | 2009-10-18 03:24:00 | Recover data - disk not intialized | Tukapa (62) | Press F1 |
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| 821676 | 2009-10-18 03:24:00 | Hi all A mate who has no backup plan in place is now crapping his pants because hsi computer won't start up. It appeared to be a hard drive problem so I took the hard drive out (IDE) and hooked it up to my PC via USB to see if I could drag the data off for him. Through computer management it shows as 'not initialized'. Is there any way to recover his data from a disk that isn't initialized? Any help would be appreciated and I could even share the beer he will be putting in my fridge if I can save his files! Thanks. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 821677 | 2009-10-18 03:41:00 | Try a linux live CD. | Blam (54) | ||
| 821678 | 2009-10-18 05:13:00 | I would try Testdisk to find and recover the lost partition(s) | fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 821679 | 2009-10-18 05:25:00 | I would try Testdisk to find and recover the lost partition(s) Agreed, testdisk is the tool to use here. Just make sure you back up anything you intend to change before you change it in case you need to put it back afterwards. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 821680 | 2009-10-18 05:56:00 | Thanks guys - had a look at that testdisk but it won't see the drive. It sees all my other hard drives but not the one that shows as not initialized. | Tukapa (62) | ||
| 821681 | 2009-10-18 06:07:00 | Have you tried changing the jumpers since it's IDE? I think the last one I tried on USB needed jumpering to master for some reason | gary67 (56) | ||
| 821682 | 2009-10-18 06:55:00 | Yep - changes jumper from cable select to master before starting. Just ran it through the long generic test on Seatools and it did nothing except fire up fail after fail after fail. Me thinks the data may be long gone! |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 821683 | 2009-10-18 08:50:00 | If he really really must have his data back, he could try these guys, is quite expensive though www.datarecovery.co.nz |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 821684 | 2009-10-19 06:12:00 | Certainly, it is no use trying software tools if it shows as not initialised. Just had drives showing that symptom a couple of days ago. They were on a cheapo USB hookup and they were not completing their internal startup routine. What do you hear (or not hear) when it is fired up? Does it sound like it is winding up and clicking as it finds track 0? |
linw (53) | ||
| 821685 | 2009-10-21 03:28:00 | Hi You can definitely hear it winding up and clicking numerous times but never actually being recognised. Thanks. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
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