My hard drive crashed and I was told that if I froze it, that may help me be able to get some files off of it. I froze it in a bag for 12hrs and then this is what I did(all in about a half an hour): I set my new drive to Master and my old drive to Slave with the jumpers, then I booted up the computer, went under Device Manager, then I clicked on search for new hardware. My old drive showed up on that page. So I clicked on it and Properties came up, then I clicked on the Volume tab, then the Populate button. The information that came up was 0mb all down the line and the status line said unreadable.
I just want to make sure that this information is telling me that the drive is dead, and that there is no other way to get the info outside of having a pro do it. I'm guessing the computer recognized the drive enough to give the ID of it, but it is truly unreadable so it couldn't do anything further????
2007-02-24 02:56:05 · 6 answers · asked by Jman 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I think your old drive is toast. The ID comes from the controller on the HDD, not the disk.
If you have really important data that you must recover, there are a number of companies that can help you. Be prepared to spend thousands of dollars though.
Google for "hard disk recovery" to find service providers.
2007-02-24 03:04:20 · answer #1 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jman,
One thing that worked for me might be worth trying.
I took my drive out of the case and turned it on it's side. It worked long enough for me to recover my data.
I think changing the orientation might have effected the head position just enough to make the difference. I was so happy to get my data I can't tell you.
It is certainly worth a try.
Norm
2007-02-24 03:03:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i might propose doing a hardware diagnostic, there are ought to loose gadget on line which could be useful with this to verify for any undesirable sectors. inspite of the uncomplicated fact that, I do have faith motives why its now no longer displaying is thru way of a corrupted boot sector on the hard drive. this might many times be repaired with the aid of way of a diagnostic reformat.
2016-11-25 20:46:12 · answer #3 · answered by penso 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this should help, what happens when u freeze a magnet for an extended period? it loses most of its magnetic power. same thing with the disk, when u freeze it, all the magnetic info gets lost, because it loses its magnetic energy, im srry to say but by freezing it, u did the complete oposite of getting ur files back.
2007-02-24 03:05:52 · answer #4 · answered by Nick the Nerd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The freeze 'trick' never has worked. For several reasons. It kicks the unit out of its operating range.
2007-02-24 03:01:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use data recovery software , you might be able to recover some files.
2007-02-24 03:10:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋