[qoopoo]

Hi all,

I figured I would get more responses here. So my uncle's pc suddenly stopped working. The hard drive just clicks whenever the computer tries to read off of it. I tried connecting to a 3.5" enclosure and same thing, just loud clicking noises and no data can be detected, although it can identify the name of the drive.

Now, I know he should have backed up all his stuff regularly but he did not. There were some important files on the hard drive. I was wondering if any of you know any places locally that can recover the files on it.

Thanks!:)

[LiquidTurbo]

http://www.aceondatarecovery.com/

[Hi_Im_Mike]

I just checked out the prices on that website.
Unless the shit in there is really important then I don't think it's worth it to spend $250 - $1300 to recover some porn lol..

[LiquidTurbo]

You can't really say that. What if his uncle had prototype drawings of an Iron Man suit on that computer?
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[Vansterdam]

Home made porn is just as important
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[Leopold Stotch]

Home made porn is just as important
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and just as easy to replicate, unless it was made like 5-10 years ago where in your bodies were nicer and tighter, you can't get that shit back. You just can't.

[!Kodamu]

I used recovermyfiles and it recovered 96% of my files.

[Senna4ever]

Try the freezer trick.

[bcrdukes]

A friend of mine used Can Tech (http://can-tech.net/) and had his hard drive recovered with excellent results. I don't know how much he paid though. Best to contact them.

[qoopoo]

thanks for all the serious and not so serious replies. He is like 70 years old and not too great with computers. He has some work files and some older photographs saved onto the drive. So I guess it is sentimental to him. I will contact those pro places. Recovery programs are not an option since it doesnt even detect anything when I plug into windows or a mac.

[Manic!]

Wrap it in plastic wrap pace it in the freezer overnight then try it.

[BNR32_Coupe]

Wrap it in plastic wrap pace it in the freezer overnight then try it.

what do i use to thaw it? microwave?

[Manic!]

what do i use to thaw it? microwave?

You don't thaw it. There is no liquid in there to get frozen. Heat causes the ball bearing in the HD to expand overtime making the HD stop working. Freezing's it reverses that for a short period of time. Make sure you have a back up HD. If the HD starts working quickly transfer everything to the new HD.

[rageguy]

Lots of my work's clients used 1stdatarecovery.com. They are local in Vancouver. So far, every single client we sent over there got all the files back. The price ranged from 700-1200.

[freakshow]

I've used 1stdatarecovery.com. They were useless.
They sent me a list of files they could recover, which was no better than what i could get with RecoverMyFiles. I was ready to pay $1500+, but they couldn't do anything more.

I would try RecoverMyFiles, and if that doesn't do the job, probably count yourself screwed.

Also, DO NOT try the freezer trick. It might work for a short while, but afterwards, you'll all the ice that has frozen on your drive will thaw, and it'll be wet everywhere. You don't want that. Maybe give it a try as the last step before you throw the drive away.

[Manic!]

Also, DO NOT try the freezer trick. It might work for a short while, but afterwards, you'll all the ice that has frozen on your drive will thaw, and it'll be wet everywhere. You don't want that. Maybe give it a try as the last step before you throw the drive away.

Were is the water going to come from? the hard drive is sealed. I did the HD trick twice on the same HD.

[freakshow]

Maybe i'm a noob a didn't wrap it tight enough, there was a little frost on my drive after taking it out of the freezer.

[Dragon-88]

Yeah freezer is the last option trick.. Just make sure its sealed tight and your good to go..

[InvisibleSoul]

I've used the freezer method a couple times with success...

The drives would be completely not recognized by the system before, but after freezing it, the system will recognize it, and I was able to copy files off of it before it thawed out and became inaccessible again.

[rageguy]

I've used 1stdatarecovery.com. They were useless.
They sent me a list of files they could recover, which was no better than what i could get with RecoverMyFiles. I was ready to pay $1500+, but they couldn't do anything more.


Wow. First negative experience I have heard. I'll be keeping this in mind. So far it's 8 success - 1 fail for those who are interested.

[mk1freak]

Also, DO NOT try the freezer trick. It might work for a short while, but afterwards, you'll all the ice that has frozen on your drive will thaw, and it'll be wet everywhere. You don't want that. Maybe give it a try as the last step before you throw the drive away.


i read somewhere that before you throw it in the freezer, put it in a freezer ziplock with half a cup of rice for a day or so THEN throw it into the freezer (keeping it sealed) i guess its pretty much like the drying out your cell phone trick. in anycase it doesnt hurt to take an extra precaution

[ddr]

this is one of beyond.ca's sponsor - SPIREtech

read his/her related posts for some good tips:
http://forums.beyond.ca/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=9020627

PS. sometimes a sector by sector copy can save you

[freakshow]

Wow. First negative experience I have heard. I'll be keeping this in mind. So far it's 8 success - 1 fail for those who are interested.
I say they're useless because RecoverMyFiles could save the exact same things as them.
If I didn't know, or didn't try RecoverMyFiles, I'm sure I'd be a very happy customer (albeit, $1000 poorer). I'm interested to know, of the 8 successes, how many of them tried a software such as RecoverMyFiles first.

[rageguy]

I say they're useless because RecoverMyFiles could save the exact same things as them.
If I didn't know, or didn't try RecoverMyFiles, I'm sure I'd be a very happy customer (albeit, $1000 poorer). I'm interested to know, of the 8 successes, how many of them tried a software such as RecoverMyFiles first.

2 of them we used GetDataBack and got some of the files, but users wanted everything, so we sent them away. The other 6 are too important for us to take a chance and run software recovery on it, didn't want liability problems with potential damages.

[Jmac]

You can use Seagate's Data Recovery service through Staples. It isn't cheap, but if they can't recover the data, you get your money back. I don't know the exact price off the top of my head, but it's around $1000.