Q. My SSD is DEAD and i would like to know how to recover the data.
is there a way to transfer all the DATA to my HDD?
is there a software that i can buy?
or is,
DATA Recovery Company my only choice?(Very Expensive)
Please help me IT people.
Thanks.
is there a way to transfer all the DATA to my HDD?
is there a software that i can buy?
or is,
DATA Recovery Company my only choice?(Very Expensive)
Please help me IT people.
Thanks.
A. Many data recovery tools were cross-compatible for the whole range of HDD manufacturers, so it was relatively simple to get data back no matter the affected disk was built by Maxtor, Seagate or Hitachi. I am afraid that the compatibility era is close to its end in the SSD market. Wear-leveling and other types of performance-boosting algorithms have made each disk unique, built on very complicated controller technology. The proprietary algorithms are not available for the data forensics, which makes mapping an address to the physical media impossible.
All in all, data recovery might be performed on solid-state drives, but you will have to search for a specialist depending on the disk's brand, rather than a general data recovery service provider.
All in all, data recovery might be performed on solid-state drives, but you will have to search for a specialist depending on the disk's brand, rather than a general data recovery service provider.
My computer already has a hard drive, can it have a ssd?
Q. I have a HP pavilion desktop. New model. Thanks a lot.
A. YES, as long as you have:
An empty SATA port on the motherboard, a SATA cable and the required physical space to mount the drive you can add as many drives as you want to a desktop PC.
Mine has:
two OCZ Agility 3 SSD drives (one 120Gb and one 60GB)
a 1TB Seagate Barracuda hard drive and a 2TB Seagate Barracuda hard drive
I recommend getting a 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) SSD drive. Use that for your Windows operating system install, all programs install and games.
Use your old hard drive as a secondary storage drive for personal files (pictures, music, videos, movies, documents, etc)
STEP BY STEP HOW TO:
Save all your personal files to external storage media (USB external hard drive) or burn to DVD/CD.
You would need to create the factory restore (recovery) disc set, see in programs, burn them to DVD.
Use DBAN to wipe off all data from your old hard drive. This might take from a few hours to over 1 day depending on hard drive size.
When done, shut down the PC and disconnect the power cable, discharge any remaining power by pressing the power button.
Disconnect the old hard drive from your motherboard and install the new SSD to the primary SATA port on your motherboard (SATA 0 or SATA 1, depending on motherboard markings). Leave the old hard drive not connected for now.
Power on.
Boot from the first factory restore disc and install your Windows OS to the new SSD drive.
Connect to the Internet and install any and all system updates via Windows Update, including all drivers for all hardware in your computer.
Shut down the PC and disconnect the power cable, discharge any remaining power by pressing the power button.
You can now connect the old hard drive to the secondary SATA port (SATA 1 or SATA 2, depending on motherboard markings).
power on.
Format the empty hard drive to NTFS.
DONE.
You now have two drives in your system, the SSD with your Windows OS on it and the old hard drive as file storage drive.
An empty SATA port on the motherboard, a SATA cable and the required physical space to mount the drive you can add as many drives as you want to a desktop PC.
Mine has:
two OCZ Agility 3 SSD drives (one 120Gb and one 60GB)
a 1TB Seagate Barracuda hard drive and a 2TB Seagate Barracuda hard drive
I recommend getting a 120GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) SSD drive. Use that for your Windows operating system install, all programs install and games.
Use your old hard drive as a secondary storage drive for personal files (pictures, music, videos, movies, documents, etc)
STEP BY STEP HOW TO:
Save all your personal files to external storage media (USB external hard drive) or burn to DVD/CD.
You would need to create the factory restore (recovery) disc set, see in programs, burn them to DVD.
Use DBAN to wipe off all data from your old hard drive. This might take from a few hours to over 1 day depending on hard drive size.
When done, shut down the PC and disconnect the power cable, discharge any remaining power by pressing the power button.
Disconnect the old hard drive from your motherboard and install the new SSD to the primary SATA port on your motherboard (SATA 0 or SATA 1, depending on motherboard markings). Leave the old hard drive not connected for now.
Power on.
Boot from the first factory restore disc and install your Windows OS to the new SSD drive.
Connect to the Internet and install any and all system updates via Windows Update, including all drivers for all hardware in your computer.
Shut down the PC and disconnect the power cable, discharge any remaining power by pressing the power button.
You can now connect the old hard drive to the secondary SATA port (SATA 1 or SATA 2, depending on motherboard markings).
power on.
Format the empty hard drive to NTFS.
DONE.
You now have two drives in your system, the SSD with your Windows OS on it and the old hard drive as file storage drive.
Upgrading my acer aspire 4530 hard drive?
Q. 1. What is the maximum capacity for my laptop?
2. 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm?
3. Seagate or Western Digital?
4. What software should i use for cloning? I have Paragon Migrate OS to SSD and Paragon Backup and Recovery
5. How long does it take to clone 160 gb hdd?
6. Should I format my old hdd or keep the data as a backup?
I use Windows XP sp3
2. 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm?
3. Seagate or Western Digital?
4. What software should i use for cloning? I have Paragon Migrate OS to SSD and Paragon Backup and Recovery
5. How long does it take to clone 160 gb hdd?
6. Should I format my old hdd or keep the data as a backup?
I use Windows XP sp3
A. 1. There is no maximum capacity.
2. Depends on size. 7200 is noticeably faster, but you won't find any hard drives larger than 750 GB. If you need more than 750 GB, go with the 5400.
3. Doesn't really matter, but I prefer WD.
4. I would go with Acronis True Home Image (link below).
5. Couple of hours, at least.
6. Keep the old hard drive as a backup (put it in an enclosure) until you are certain the data transferred properly, then format it.
2. Depends on size. 7200 is noticeably faster, but you won't find any hard drives larger than 750 GB. If you need more than 750 GB, go with the 5400.
3. Doesn't really matter, but I prefer WD.
4. I would go with Acronis True Home Image (link below).
5. Couple of hours, at least.
6. Keep the old hard drive as a backup (put it in an enclosure) until you are certain the data transferred properly, then format it.
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