hard drive crashed

roy · 23rd September 2002, 13:44

I have a hard drive which had a drop test, Needless to say it does not work. Cmos sees the drive but windows xp does not. Does anyone know if there is software witch could read this drive and recover my files, thanks in advance.

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roy

n_ick2000 · 23rd September 2002, 13:47

It's doubtful, but you should be able (on another computer) to be able to go to the manufactur of the drive's website and download their recovery/diagnostic tools. These you will be able to put on a bootable diskette. That will load before Windows does, and will be able to inspect the drive.

fwgx · 23rd September 2002, 13:59

Doubt it, drop tests are usually pretty permanant. The CMOS will be reading the data from the firmware on the drive not from the physical spinning disk. It's very likley the read write heads are broken in which case it's pretty much b0rked unless you want to spend a few grand getting the data recoverd from the manufacturer.

23rd September 2002, 13:44	#1
roy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: south africa Posts: 128	hard drive crashed I have a hard drive which had a drop test, Needless to say it does not work. Cmos sees the drive but windows xp does not. Does anyone know if there is software witch could read this drive and recover my files, thanks in advance. Regards roy

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n_ick2000 Forum King Join Date: May 2001 Location: - Posts: 2,501	It's doubtful, but you should be able (on another computer) to be able to go to the manufactur of the drive's website and download their recovery/diagnostic tools. These you will be able to put on a bootable diskette. That will load before Windows does, and will be able to inspect the drive. \|

23rd September 2002, 13:59	#3
fwgx Rudolf the Red. (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 9,315	Doubt it, drop tests are usually pretty permanant. The CMOS will be reading the data from the firmware on the drive not from the physical spinning disk. It's very likley the read write heads are broken in which case it's pretty much b0rked unless you want to spend a few grand getting the data recoverd from the manufacturer. .: fwgx.co.uk.:.My art:. "We think science is interesting and if you disagree, you can fuck off."

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