I have already taken the Hard Drive to a Data Recovery Place, and it was returned to me because the Platters were damaged! I am a photographer and had all 22 Weddings recovered for the exception of three.
The loss of zero Wedding is more than enough! But three is my most humiliating experience!
If companies can recover scratched CD ROM's there should be a way to recover scratched Platters?
Please don't answer if you will tell me that its impossible - I know that the likelihood is very slim. But am hoping that somebody knows.
Thanks in advance,
2007-01-06 04:45:54 · 4 answers · asked by ringo t 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
If you've already taken it to a data recovery place and they told you it can't be done then it can't be done. you can recover a cd because the information is not imbedded in the plastic of a CD it's on the foil type layer on top. They buff the plastic and it's like new. Your Hard drive is magnetic in nature you cant buff the scratches in a hard disk like you can a CD because they're not the same thing.
I know you don't want to hear this but if you've already taken it somewhere and they told you it can't be done then that's it. You should be grateful they were able to recover anything at all. I know this doesn't help you now but in the future you should really back up your files so that this doesn't happen again.
2007-01-06 04:59:09 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are drive recovery specialists that will be able to open up the sealed drive and copy the recoverable portion of the disk from the platters after they install them in their special disk-like fixture. We are talking major money for that! It is a hand step-by-step operation requiring many hours of labor by skilled people.
I have another thought that is small money and might get you a shot at finding the 3 missing ones. When I had a similar (irreplacable photos from family event) but less serious problem (two good photographers overlapping on coverage) I ended up buying a program called "DiskInternals". It was about $30 and can be downloaded from the Internet. The interesting thing (besides the fact that it worked when all the other programs just gave up) was that they will let you download a trial version that you can use to see if it can really find the files. In my case it came up with the names and file sizes within a half hour of running through. The trick is that unless you then buy it they will not let you save the files next. I bought that and recovered from my crisis. Give it a shot by searching for the phrase "DiskInternals" on the web.
2007-01-06 04:57:39 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question
2016-07-28 07:21:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a tricky question
2016-08-23 14:32:24 · answer #4 · answered by melva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋