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Re: HELP!! retreiving files off hard drive??
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Mon, 23 August 2004 00:26
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Some of these may sound stupid, but it's ALWAYS good to try the basics first. I see it EVERY day - clever guys who know what they're doing just overlooking the basics when it comes to PC's:
1) Try good 'ol scandisk. Tick all the options and restart windows (should need to restart windows to do a full scan).
2) Check all IDE and power cables are in firmly.
3) What they said - make sure you're running NTFS (not FAT32), and that all disks are active, healthy, and converted to dynamic disks.
4) Make sure the disk actually spins up when you power on the pc, and listen for clunking, buzzing or crunching noises coming from the disk - this indicates a broken pickup arm, bad or offcentre platters, or a busted motor. If any of these are the case, you'll need to send it off to the pro's for data recovery (between 100 to 500 bucks, but I've never seen it fail). When listening the good 'ol screwdriver earphone works well. Also hold the drive in your hard while it's on, and twist it slightly from side to side - you should be able to feel the gyro effect from the motor running.
5) Make sure the disk shows up in bios. If not, check all jumper settings on the disk, and check all the low-level things I've said previously. Make sure the jumpers on the disk aren't set to restricted size mode, non-LBA mode or any of the other stupid modes a lot of disks come with.
6) Try copying the files over from your old HDD to the new one (DO NOT MOVE THEM!) and then opening them. Could be a problem with the HDD access controller. If you move the files, you risk permanently stuffing them so that even a data recovery might not be able to get them back.
7) Check your windows drivers. Make sure all primary and secondary IDE/DMA controllers are installed, up-to-date and operational.
Some of this might be a little extreme (like paying for data recovery) - it just depends on how important your files are.
Hope this helps.
-J-
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joorsh | Mon, 23 August 2004 00:32 |
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