framheim Posted July 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 not yet, it's been sent away as it needs to be recovered in a clean room and is going to cost a large amount of money. not covered by home insurance either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 not yet, it's been sent away as it needs to be recovered in a clean room and is going to cost a large amount of money. not covered by home insurance either. Damn, that sucks. How much if you don't mind me asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted July 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 Damn, that sucks. How much if you don't mind me asking?don't know for sure but a few hundred at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted July 15, 2009 Report Share Posted July 15, 2009 don't know for sure but a few hundred at least. i feel like there should be the same background music playing over this thread as there is in those mistreated dogs adverts. Hope it's not ridiculously expensive man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Got a leaflet through for these folk in work today... may be worth a looky:Tierra Data Recovery Your data recovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted August 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 heard back from the company we sent it to the other day. platter damage, apparently this is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 heard back from the company we sent it to the other day. platter damage, apparently this is bad. Fucking hell, you've got my sympathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 heard back from the company we sent it to the other day. platter damage, apparently this is bad. Ouch.Although, you would be amazed at what you can retrieve from even the most buggered disc.Hope you get some stuff recovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted August 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Ouch.Although, you would be amazed at what you can retrieve from even the most buggered disc.Hope you get some stuff recovered.there's a groove torn out of it apparently. to even attempt to recover it would cost ridiculous money we don't have. we could've stretched to a few hundred pounds, maybe even a grand but this is going to be much more apparently with no guarantee of recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest orphan Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 So...a similar story just happened to my external HD. It hasnt been damaged, but simply appears to have stopped working. I plug it into the PC, and i get that "bloop-bloop-bloop" noise that means it's been recognized, but in 'My Computer' it doesnt register as being plugged in. Likewise, when i remove it it makes the "remove" noise, but I cant access anything on the drive. Anyone with any sensible suggestions?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Yes, go and buy a Devin Townsend album:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 So...a similar story just happened to my external HD. It hasnt been damaged, but simply appears to have stopped working. I plug it into the PC, and i get that "bloop-bloop-bloop" noise that means it's been recognized, but in 'My Computer' it doesnt register as being plugged in. Likewise, when i remove it it makes the "remove" noise, but I cant access anything on the drive. Anyone with any sensible suggestions?!Is it formatted NTFS or FAT?Make a bootable live linux disc (Ubuntu is favourite Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu), boot into it and try and access the files that way. If they are accessible you can then shift them over onto another drive. This won't work if it is NTFS as linux won't address that file system (but the linux geeks are working to fix that!).Another way might be to use Clonezilla to make an image of the drive then restore it onto a shiny drive. This will only get round physical disc issues, not duff file system structure as you basically make an exact copy of the drive, problems and all if they exist.I lost a media drive the same way, ended up having to format the drive in the end. Thankfully I had all of the very important stuff backed up on another drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Robertson Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Ive not read this thread all the way through but the dude with the external drive needing data off it.Try running GetDataBack .. its a winner Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 In reply to Orphan....I had that happen to me with my USB stick on my uni computer. It could be trying to map onto a drive that's already taken which will happen if you have more than one drive on your computer. If you right click on 'My Computer', then click on 'manage', you'll get a window where you can click on 'Disk management' and you should be able to assign a new Drive letter to your external HD. Outside of this I don't know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Try it on another computer.Edit: this is a serious suggestion. Could just be usb device function of the computer you're using. If it's the same thing on another computer then you know it's a problem with the disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Try hitting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Try turning it off then on again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Try going into Device Manager and trying to manually reinstall the driver for it from a list rather than letting it find one for you. My iPod sometimes does a similar thing and this seems to do the trick. Not saying it'll work for a HD mind you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Blow in it. It's the dust probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Blow in it. It's the dust probably.Where and when tonight? Imma be in the library til gig o'clock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Serious tip - boil it. Put some water in a pan, crank that shit up real hot over the gas and then drop it in. Leave it about ten minutes. It washes all the little 0's and 1's and makes them work again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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