A couple of years ago, I lost 7 chapters of my novel when my hard drive crashed after a sandstorm. I had my original notes, so I retyped the lost chapters, but I have not been able to recreate the mood of those characters and settings. If such data recovery IS possible, how much might something like that cost?
2006-10-08 04:06:35 · 8 answers · asked by correrafan 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
get a software called ERD commander and it will get it but keep in mind that you need to know how to work with it, otherwise no way out
2006-10-08 04:09:20 · answer #1 · answered by chapagainashish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the crashed drive isn't the one you are using, you might be able to get the files back. If it's of utmost importance, DON'T mess with it yourself. Every failed attempt potentially damags whatever data is there.
Professional recovery services are expensive, but they've been known to even recover files from drives destroyed in fires and floods.
These guys are the first I could come up with
http://www.drivesavers.com/
and
http://www.SalvageData.com
I can't seem to find any prices for you, but my best educated guess would be $150 to $500 depending on the drive, the damage, and the files. Get in touch with them for an accurate quote. In your case, I'm going to guess it'll be on the cheaper end of that range, due to there being no melted parts or contamination.
DO NOT OPEN THE DRIVE!
2006-10-15 07:54:36 · answer #2 · answered by Miakoda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you mean by crashed. A mechanical failure would entail having someone take the disc itself out of the hard drive and trying to find the data. If the drive crashed because of a currupt boot file or other reason, you might try setting its jumper to slave and installing it on your IDE cable as a secondary drive. If you dont have a cable with two connectors you can purchase one relatively cheap. It is then just a matter of rebooting and opening my computer. If the drive is still functional, you should be able to copy and paste from it. If this does the trick you can leave the drive there as a storage device or reformat it and use it somewhere else.
2006-10-08 04:12:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
right this is previous tech trick I even have used in the previous. Take the confusing force out of the computing device case. Wrap the force in plastic wrap and place in the freezer section, get the force very chilly like -10 F. shop the force in the freezer over night or 24 hrs may be extra valuable. connect the force to working computing device making use of adapter to transform the Sata/IDE to USB and potential furnish to potential the force. After freezing the force will spin up and artwork as you get the practise off the wear and tear force. I even have achieved this countless cases and that i've got shop the practise from the force.
2016-10-19 00:42:41 · answer #4 · answered by lorentz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the hard disk manufacture it cost. normally it cost 2000/- Rs to 6000/- . u can try giving it to a vendor how is expert in data recovery.
2006-10-12 20:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by sudeep s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just connect you HDD in a slave mode and try to recover it using a software called staller Fonix and you can easlly recover the data and start working on it again.
2006-10-08 04:11:12 · answer #6 · answered by nadeem_sayed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too late now. You should do it almost immediatly. By now you`ve written over it hundreds of times over. Best thing to do is backup your files.
2006-10-14 10:49:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there isn't. You will have to make new documents.
2006-10-12 08:09:55 · answer #8 · answered by Sam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋