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Is there anyway to get data off my dead hard drive?

by on March 6, 2013

Q: hi
no my hard drive is dead as a dodo..i think it could be motor gone…..can i still retrieve any data on it…tried pluggin into laptop..and still nothing..tried rcd plug on other applience and works..thats whats makin me think its motor..

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    John – Unfortunately it sounds like your hard drive has some sort of internal hardware mechanism failure. You will need to have it sent out to a hard drive data recovery specialist. Usually these people will disassemble the hard drive in a clean room, Rebuild the device and recover the data for you. Sometimes this can be costly. I do not have any companies that I suggest. I recommend that you do some google searches and look at company reviews to decide which to go with. Below is a link to a google search that I did for some companies.

    http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=hard+drive+recovery+specialist&oq=hard+drive+recovery+specialist&gs_l=hp.3..0j0i22i30l3.1027.6127.0.6261.30.21.0.9.9.0.221.1977.14j6j1.21.0.les%3B..0.0…1c.1.5.psy-ab.bv6GTZTPU1E&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43287494,d.dmg&fp=f1120bb64cd39480&biw=1148&bih=603

    Good Luck, I hope they can help you retrieve your data!

     

    fletcha (Major Geek) says: on March 6, 2013 at 12:17 pm