Posted by TParker (IP: 38.31.4.23) on October 21, 1999 at 23:53:53:
In Reply to: Here's what happened.... posted by Craig Selvey on October 21, 1999 at 19:56:15:
That's exactely what happend to mine computer in my office, basically what our IT support said was that they had to mait the hard drive to another one to get the info out of it and they did not know how long it would take so they sent me a completely new(faster and better) computer and since all of our stuff is backed up on DAT or Zip drive I don't know which. I did not loose anything accept my Email and they got that back about a month later. They still wont tell me how they did it. Good Luck and I hope you can get a professional to help you.
: Everything is still on the hard-drive, it just made "clicking" noises and some "eye" or "arm" or something wouldn't move to read what is on the hard-drive (I am no computer guru...can you tell?)
: So supposedly, it is all still on there, just "mechanically" the hard-drive doesn't work.
: any thoughts anyone..........?
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: : Master Boot Record might be hosed, or the registry. You might try to sys the drive from DOS. I would try Chris' suggestion first.
: : Should have sent me those MMB's. If you get them back, send them on. I got space.
: : : Depending on the manufacturer (mine is Maxtor) of the Hard Disk, many companies have data recovery options. For example, when my HDD burned out earlier this year, i got a free replacement and they offered to recover all data on the old one and put it on the replacement for a minimal cost. As far as doing it yourself, it depends on what happened. In most cases you may be able to boot up with the old drive on slave mode (use the new, working one as a master) and get the data that way (if you don't know how, take it in). Otherwise, send it in....physical parts will need to be replaced, and there may be physical scratches on the surface--in which case you can only help lose data. Just make sure to keep it away from anything magnetic, or static.....