My 5 years old computer just stop working. I asked a computer technician to check the hard drive he says it's dead and cannot used again.
2007-12-30 06:55:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Hi. Unfortunately the magnetic disk needs to be spinning. A good (pricey) lab may pull the actual disk and put it in another drive.
2007-12-30 07:00:22 · answer #1 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The computer may be dead but the data is still likely to be salvagable. Hard drives are called 'hard' because they retain the data even without power. There are numerous companies that offer data rescue services, but they don't come cheap! Good luck!
2007-12-30 06:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by technodai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the drive still spins up, you may be able to get information off of it by putting it in another pc as a secondary (slave) drive. It would appear as a D: or E: or last drive letter drive. You can then access the info you need. You won't be able to copy applications, but you can get items such as Word documents or Excel spreadsheets.
2007-12-30 07:03:07 · answer #3 · answered by Steve B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not tried it but i know i lot of people say that if you put the hard drive in the freezer for about 30 min and then hook it up if will sometimes work long enough for you to make a back up of your files.
2007-12-30 07:47:42 · answer #4 · answered by tread1991 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are retrieval services online where you send your drive to a lab. These services are mostly used by large corporations and charge per the gigabyte I think. Its extremely expensive tho.
2007-12-30 06:59:06 · answer #5 · answered by outpostprime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
send it out to a data recovery place and have a lot of cash ready
2007-12-30 06:58:23 · answer #6 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no..
the only way to not be able to get information off of a computer is to completely destory it
2007-12-30 06:58:26 · answer #7 · answered by ouirotdpyviyrt 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
comp usa $70.00
2007-12-30 07:03:59 · answer #8 · answered by Curtis R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋