HD died-- need info back

[congaboy77]

I bought a WD 80gig HD and had to RMA it b/c it kept shutting down and "clicking." They sent me a replacement and it did the same thing after a while. I'm on my 3rd WD HD now.

I need to get data off of the 2nd WD hard drive before I return it. On startup, it just sits and clicks. I've tried:
1. the freezer trick
2. using a boot disk and fdisk/ mbr
3. slapping the drive
4. changing cables
5. changing jumper settings
6. using it as a slave, using it as a master

Using it as a slave, XP can't see it. The bios recognizes the drive as being there, but I can't get to it using xp. As a master, the bios recognizes it, but I can't go to "c:" The computer "sees" it but it can't access it. Any suggestions?

 

[ianbergman]

If your computer will boot with the drive attached, you need a good data recovery program. That might save what's on it -- ERD Disk Commander is amazing, and Ontrack also makes some data recovery software. There are others.

The other option is to send it in to a dedicated data-recovery house. They can recover pretty much anything from anything, but it could be very expensive.

 

[congaboy77]

Where can I get these programs and how much are they?

 

[4x4expy]

Originally posted by: congaboy77
I bought a WD 80gig HD and had to RMA it b/c it kept shutting down and "clicking." They sent me a replacement and it did the same thing after a while. I'm on my 3rd WD HD now.

I need to get data off of the 2nd WD hard drive before I return it. On startup, it just sits and clicks. I've tried:
1. the freezer trick
2. using a boot disk and fdisk/ mbr
3. slapping the drive
4. changing cables
5. changing jumper settings
6. using it as a slave, using it as a master

Using it as a slave, XP can't see it. The bios recognizes the drive as being there, but I can't get to it using xp. As a master, the bios recognizes it, but I can't go to "c:" The computer "sees" it but it can't access it. Any suggestions?

Sorry that I don't have a solution for you, but I have to ask... What is "the freezer trick"?

 

[jackschmittusa]

4x4expy

Put the hd in the freezer for a couple of hours so the spindle bearings shrink and the platters will spin. Works sometimes for a drive that won't spin up so you can recover data.

 

[congaboy77]

Tried the freezer trick, didn't work. Left it in there for a good 3 hrs.

 

[Dan0368]

I had the same exact thing happen to me at work. I ended up researching hard drive recovery, and unfortunately for you, for just a 40 gig hard drive, the minimum price was $800 and went up to $4000 depending on how severe the damage was.

 

[J1600B]

Originally posted by: Dan0368
I had the same exact thing happen to me at work. I ended up researching hard drive recovery, and unfortunately for you, for just a 40 gig hard drive, the minimum price was $800 and went up to $4000 depending on how severe the damage was.

Same here. The prices are ridiculous. Luckily I found a trial version of Get Data Back for NTFS on Kazaa

 

[kursplat]

sounds like you might want to check your power supply before the 3rd drive dies. a bad\overloaded one will kill hard drives very easy
good luck

 

[congaboy77]

The power supply is an Antec 350W. Any way to tell if it's going bad? Everything else seems to work ok, and I don't have anything extreme running on the system. No overclocking or anything.