Q. Do these data recovery businesses respect their customer's privacy? I've got some files containing personal information as well as some business related stuff that I wouldn't want anybody getting a hold of. Also, downloaded mp3's of course...
What can I do?
Dylan, that doesn't answer my question.
What can I do?
Dylan, that doesn't answer my question.
A. bring your hard-drive to a local shop then tell them you want to recover your data on a dead hard-drive!!
note: do not open your hard-drive at home because dust will get on your hard-disk then mess it up!!
computer tech have their equipments to open a hard-drive!!
note: do not open your hard-drive at home because dust will get on your hard-disk then mess it up!!
computer tech have their equipments to open a hard-drive!!
how to recover the data from a laptop hard drive useing sata cables?
Q. I have the cables and have connected them. I can see the letters, but it will not read the data. HELP! It is my daughters college laptop.
A. Remove the hard drive from the laptop install/connect to the SATA cable and connect to the working PC/laptop then after it recognizes the new hard ware (external hard drive) go to my computer right click the hard drive (external HDD) and click open to read and or copy the files. If it does not open then most likely the hard drive has failed due to a mechanical problem or a internal disc failure of the HDD or bad sectors on the now external hard drives internal disc and in that case consider the files lost. Yu could take or send the drive to a specialty lab for data recovery but this is extremely expensive and does not always work. She now has learned the importance of keeping important files backed up on a regular schedule. Hope it works and you get the files off the old hard drive.
I always use a hard drive enclosure but the cable(s) type do work.
How to Convert an Internal SATA to an External SATA
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How to Recover Files From a Dead External Hard Drive
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I always use a hard drive enclosure but the cable(s) type do work.
How to Convert an Internal SATA to an External SATA
Read more: How to Convert an Internal SATA to an External SATA | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5087898_convert-internal-sata-external-sata.html#ixzz1bZOCvmr7
How to Recover Files From a Dead External Hard Drive
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Can I transfer files from my dead computer?
Q. My computer crashed a while back. When I power it on it runs for a few minutes and then shuts back off. I've tried to copy files to cd during that brief on period without any success. Is there a way to connect another computer to the dead one and retrieve the files I would like to have? If yes, please explain.
THANKS!
THANKS!
A. Well it depends on the shape of the hard drive. If the reason it keeps dying is because of something else, other than the hard drive then yes. If the hard drive itself is the reason for the dying, then probably no (not unless you take it to a data recovery service, which is crazy expensive).
If the hard drive is not the problem though, then you need to pull it out of the computer. Hook it up to something like a Universal Drive Adaptor (you can find tome from computer specialty stores) that will let you connect the bare drive via USB to your next computer. If you can't find one of those to buy/borrow, then you just need to take that bare drive to a computer store (which should have one) and have them put the files onto DVDs or an external drive for you (they will charge for this). Alternatively, you can buy a hard drive enclosure, and put the drive in there. Then you can hook it up to your new computer as an external drive. But I'd still copy the files off ASAP, because you don't know for sure how stable this drive is anymore.
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Oops, or what the other guy said. If the hard drive is of the same type in the old computer and new computer, it could be that simple. Just open the case of the new computer and plug it into the motherboard of the new computer. It'll show up as a secondary drive. But again, I recommend copying files off it ASAP, and not trying to run it as a secondary drive (because you don't know how much life it has left).
If the hard drive is not the problem though, then you need to pull it out of the computer. Hook it up to something like a Universal Drive Adaptor (you can find tome from computer specialty stores) that will let you connect the bare drive via USB to your next computer. If you can't find one of those to buy/borrow, then you just need to take that bare drive to a computer store (which should have one) and have them put the files onto DVDs or an external drive for you (they will charge for this). Alternatively, you can buy a hard drive enclosure, and put the drive in there. Then you can hook it up to your new computer as an external drive. But I'd still copy the files off ASAP, because you don't know for sure how stable this drive is anymore.
Edit
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Oops, or what the other guy said. If the hard drive is of the same type in the old computer and new computer, it could be that simple. Just open the case of the new computer and plug it into the motherboard of the new computer. It'll show up as a secondary drive. But again, I recommend copying files off it ASAP, and not trying to run it as a secondary drive (because you don't know how much life it has left).
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