My laptop hard drive took a dump I took it into the shop to have some info pulled from it they could not pull the info, they told me if I could find someone to rebuild the hard drive then the info could be gotten. Is this true can a hard drive be rebuilt and info retrived?? If so what would a fair guess be as far as cost and where would I find someone to do this??Thank you for any info you can help me with.
2006-12-12 06:39:34 · 9 answers · asked by just another Idol fan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I have done this in the past - it's usually more money than you wish to spend. Probably around $800 or so I would say.
2006-12-12 06:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by Gitix 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what the problem is. If the controller board is faulty and a replacement can be found, it is possible. In regards to drive head failure, the head rides very close to the disk and must be precision set. I've been in the industry for 15 years and I've never know anyone to rebuild a hard drive as a business. There are data recovery services that specialize in retreiving data but they are expensive. Data recovery places have better capabilites than most computer repair shops. We paid about $1,800 for data recovery when an end user's system crashed.
Even if the hard drive could be rebuilt how would they transfer your data from the disk platters? Your data is just a bunch of magnetic domains, just very tiny.
2006-12-12 14:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by Shawn H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rebuilding a hard drive is an expensive tedious task. The disks are pulled from it and submerged into protective liquid, a brand new hard is purchased and the disks are removed and swapped with the old ones. It is then spun extremely fast to ensure that all liquids are off of it. Usually the data can be either recovered, or the hard drive can be used again. Cost ranges from $200 all the way to $2000
2006-12-12 14:49:18 · answer #3 · answered by Chuckie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would say that it is possible to rebuild a hard drive and retrieve info from it but its not very easily and it takes alot of time but if you want to like figure out how to do it i would call like mircrosoft because i think they would know or search on google home methods that people are putting on the internet and if you do it yourself it wouldnt cost anything but the tools you need and the tools are only around twenty bucks but if someone else would do it then that depends on how much your willing to pay and whether or not its an official business
2006-12-12 14:44:03 · answer #4 · answered by yakkyigooconroy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the drive id dead, to "rebuild" the drive requires A LOT of work. First they need a clean room (dust free, static free, humidity free). Then they need the parts. Drive savers could do this for you but their services start at $1000 and go up from there. Do search online for drive recovery.
2006-12-12 14:44:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends what has gone bad...it there is a crack in the platter, you probably won't be able to get anything, just like a crack in a CD. If it is just the control board, it's very possible you could just replace the control board and then it will work fine again.
2006-12-12 14:42:03 · answer #6 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are services that will remove the platters in a cleanroom environment, and retrieve your data. they are not cheap, and you will have to decide what your data is worth. try this link:
http://www.essdatarecovery.com/
I've used them twice and they do a great job, but it will cost.
You might try a program like spinrite first. here is a link:
http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
2006-12-12 14:47:29 · answer #7 · answered by boonietech 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
www.driversavers.com can pull off data from hard drives, but it is EXPENSIVE.
2006-12-12 14:42:02 · answer #8 · answered by Michael Burns 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could probably buy one cheaper
2006-12-12 14:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by zippo091 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋