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How to recover data from a damaged hard drive
Hi there,
I have a damaged 60gb ide drive that I'm trying to recover data from. Ideally I would want some software that could clone the current drive and copy it onto a new drive which is bigger than the old one. A program that I could run from windows would also be excellent.
Many thanks,
Joel Spencer
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rj713
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A free program to clone Mac drives is Carbon Copy Cloner. I use it frequently. I am including a link for obtaining the software. I have been searching for a similar program for Windows but can only find commercial software at this time. If your need is for Windows software try Norton Ghost. Windows will not read Mac software. Good luck. Ralph
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Hi Joel,
Install the hard drive into a computer as a slave.Then copy your files.
If it shows up in 'my computer' as a drive letter(like E: drive) but you can't access it,you can recover data on it with data recovery program to avoid losing your data.I have succeed with Tenorshare data recovery. It can recover data after deeply scanning your hard drive to look for lost data due to drives crash, physical damage etc.You can get it here:http://www.any-data-recovery.com.After you recover your data,you can format it to check out whether it can be fixed.
If the hard drive can't be detected,you can try this way.Put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in the freezer for overnight. Then while it's still cold plug it into the computer and you may be able to view it in 'my computer'. And run the recovery program to recover your data on it.
If it fails, you will have to go to a recovery office where supply data recovery service but let's hope not because it will cost you a lot of money and whether they can recover data is not guaranteed.
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Hey, Try Card Data Recovery. It can recover data from damaged hard drive and it works very well under Microsoft Windows2000/XP/
Thanks all. For cloning windows hard drives I currently use Acronis True Image 2010 but this does not support the relevant file format (as far as I know). What commercial software have you found, as I can probably get a copy through work. Joel
Joel Spencer,