
For Windows XP (all data on the problem disk will be lost!):ġ) Open Computer Management -> Disk ManagementĢ) If the offending disk doesn't show up in Disk Management, select I brought my 1TB External Drive to these guys and they got files back even after a fall down 2 flights of stairs lol.įailure to recognize 2 drives at the same timeI apologize for the inconvenience.

If you dont know what you're doing and dont have the gear. (even then its still not definete if it will recover everything). Hook up the Hard Drive to another computer and try some of the Data Reocvery software that allows you to recover 1 or 2 files to see if it worksīefore y ou buy it. recovering them is a whole other ballgame. It just looked like it did or could before you bought it. once you try to open them you realize that the program didn't recover anything. the program Recovers random areas of the Disk (Garbage) and names the (fake recovered) files after the files that you lost. Some of them might show you a list of files that they claim they can recover, but when you buy the registration Key to Recover your Data. (It will write-over everything like recording over a Tape).ĭONT TRUST RETAIL DATA RECOVERY SOFTWARE AS A FIX ALL. (If it failed do to a "Head Crash" and you keep it on or keep turning it on/off you'll kill it for good!)ĭONT INSTALL ANYTHING ON THE DRIVE THAT FAILED.


they will erase the data on it while thinking they are fixing it.ĭONT TURN IT ON.
