My external HD went kaput this morning taking with it the majority of Sebastian's baby pictures, all the SKS recordings and a variety of other things (the video of his birth etc). Gutted. So, if any of you lot have any advice I'd be grateful, if not I'm just going to hold onto it until either the price of HD recovery plummets (unlikely) or I become wealthy (also unlikely)! On the plus side my Mac is very fast again now the external HD isn't plugged in. Who'd have thought that woul be the problem eh?
I remember speaking to you about this the day it happened to me. Theres loads of software out there, but it recovers things in such a mess and wont recover all types of files. Your best bet would be going to PC World with it..... but they charge £100.
My dad has a device wich allows you to remove the insides of a hard drive and plug it into a caddy which then connects to the computer via a USB. This would only work if the actual data is intact but there are other problems with the original device that prevent you from accessing it. It worked a treat when I had a computer with a busted mother board that wouldn't boot up.
This is for a PC though, would such a device exist for a Mac? I'd guess yes.
Wow that sucks, i've had this happen before (internal not external though) so i know how frustrating it is. I currently have a WD Mybook because my laptop has fuck all space on it, i decided to back up everything i have on it onto DVDs just in case something like this happens.
My dad has a device wich allows you to remove the insides of a hard drive and plug it into a caddy which then connects to the computer via a USB. This would only work if the actual data is intact but there are other problems with the original device that prevent you from accessing it. It worked a treat when I had a computer with a busted mother board that wouldn't boot up.
This is for a PC though, would such a device exist for a Mac? I'd guess yes.
Are you sure you don't mean that you can take the entire HD out of the machine and put the whole thing in the caddy, rather than taking the insides of an HD out? Thats what I've got. A great help if the HD is working, if it isn't then no help at all!
Once those things are open, any dust/crap that gets on the actual disk itself will fuck it up. As far as I know, if you wanted to take the disc part out and put that onto a new spindle, you need a clean room to do it safely.
Stu, I wouldn't bother buying any software until you know exactly which bit has failed. If its a mechanical prob, like the read/write head has seized up, software recovery won't do shit.
This place is where my old employer used to send any fucked drives for recovery:
http://www.retrievemydata.co.uk/cost.shtml
They can find out whats wrong with it, but it will cost you a bomb to fix.
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I know it's mechanical - its the click of death - so I have no intention of taking it apart. I'll just keep it for future people to fix and marvel at the ancient music held within!
Unlucky on the telly big lad. It's not the time of year for it is it!!!