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| How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by realisticm: 4:19pm On Nov 07, 2011 |
Hello my fellow nairalander, I need a help concerning my external hard drive, It suddenly stopped working without anything doing it, and I have tried different Tricks to repair it but it won't work  I even remove the board and replaced it With the same type of board (SEAGATE HARD DISK) yet it didn't work. Can someone help me with this? Is it possible to repair a crashed hard drive or at least transfer the files and document in it to another hard drive? Please help me Cos it contains my projects and other people's work. God bless you |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by ajileko: 7:07pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
At this point, if you don't have all your data backed up, you may be toast. What you tried is good and at least we know that it is not the pc board. I will try some of the freeware recovery software like Recuva, ADRC data recovery, Good luck. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by blackweaver(m): 7:18pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
when you plug in the drive does it still make the normal sound that it used to make before it stopped working? - the sound of the disk spinning (or is it a solid state hard drive?) you could try replacing the hard disk case too or better still if you have a friend with the same type of external harddrive (3.5"/2.5", sata/ide) you could borrow his case don't mind sedulus, your problem might just be hardware related which means his solution will just be a waste of time and money |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by buzor(m): 7:32pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
dont waste your time trying to repair a crashed drive rather use a software like recuva to recover your files from your bad drive. dont call any body and dont pay anybody. recuva is a tested and trusted free software. download it and solve your problem by your self goodluck |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by BCuZiMBlaCk(m): 8:26pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
Thats the best idea you can get 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by greedie1(f): 8:42pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
Mine is more of a question,, wt if d mother board crashes? Can it be repaired or is d laptop condemned? |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by rashmanovic: 8:44pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
It mite sound crazy bt i tried it last week nd it worked! Put it in a freezer for 20min, If it does'nt work diz ma no 07087785577 1 Like |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by cecegorz(m): 8:58pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
@OP You did not specify if windows still recognizes the drive when you plug in. People are just reeling out solutions without proper diagnosis  No wonder quack doctors full Naija  Just know that recuva can only work if you can still access the drive on your PC, if not you will have to reel out more money to a Data recovery firm that can access a completely dead drive with special devices. I have lost two different external drives like that (windows couldn't recognize them anymore), after tons of trouble shooting, i ended up at a DR firm that gave me a quote of 45k for them to recover the files I just dumped them. I have refused to ever buy external drive since then.2 Likes |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by 2dmax(m): 9:14pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
realisticm:Y u go buy china na? |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by atlantisls: 9:25pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
The freezer trick works in some cases for dead hard drives. Try it. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by Leopantro: 9:38pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
Get a laptop with linux or boot a linux lived and try and open it from there. Have recovered files from crashed hard drives with this method. It only works with drives that windows recognize that are plugged in but don't show on my computer. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by Nobody: 10:05pm On Nov 21, 2011 |
pls nl. mine was on d system bt my batery s nt gud. it worked 2 days b4 i stoped usin it cos i was busy n i try putin it on bt it kip sayin no drive found dou it stil make d normal spinin sound bt after d no drive found. d spinin stops. pls wat can i do cos my project is on it n am 2 submit 2 wks time. thx |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by weaseloo: 12:17am On Nov 22, 2011 |
Leopantro: @OP If the live CD thing does not work there may be another way to do it. It is a computer forensic method for recovering files. Just contact me: weaseloo@rocketmail.com. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by Kobojunkie: 12:32am On Nov 22, 2011 |
If it is an external drive and it has crashed it is likely gone. um . . . you cannot repair it @Poster. What you will probably need is a data recovery professional job and it costs a lot. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by denzel2009: 4:26am On Nov 22, 2011 |
With an internal hard hard drive, you could use a boot cd but an external one is tricky if the pc is not even seeing it. Now that you have experienced data loss, make use of the cloud to back up your files.  |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by Konnektions146(m): 5:06am On Nov 22, 2011 |
@op, you've not answered the question- Does your system still recognise it? When you plug it , is there an indication on de Hard disk that its plugged to a system? Is the hard disk a ready-made or you got a external hard disk casin+hard disk and assembled it? Don't know what your answers could be to this but if you can loose the hard disk, get a desktop Pc, slave de dismantled hard disk and try accessin it. Wishin you de best , |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by GWslim(f): 7:44am On Nov 22, 2011 |
Just recover your document and forget all other things. It require a great care maintaining external hard disc. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by segunjowo(m): 9:00am On Nov 22, 2011 |
Nice one! |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by jamp: 9:30am On Nov 22, 2011 |
gree-die: Yes my people what if the motherbaord is bad? any hope or should i destroy the laptop |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by Fancier(f): 9:33am On Nov 22, 2011 |
Leopantro: One good method to try out guarantee level is high. either U slave it with an already installed linux sys(I use Ubuntu/ Kubuntu) or U try installing it on the drive by slaving it to another system. rashmanovic: Yeah this works too when it has not gotten to a dead end. i.e when it newly occur / crashed. But after trying this and it doesnt work, just use data recovery software to do it. but if u can on your own, u could just look for a friend that is an IT oriented to help you out. Good luck. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by stepo707: 10:16am On Nov 22, 2011 |
Please does anyone know any know any data recovery firm here in lagos?My system does not recognise my flash drive anymore and i have sensitive information.Thanks |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by kpolli(m): 11:12am On Nov 22, 2011 |
so una spoil bizness for that criminal sedulus  |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by uzzyj(m): 11:43am On Nov 22, 2011 |
Well, firstly i would like to know what exactly and how come about the Hard Disk crash. The main reason why is because most of the issues with HDD's are based on the nature of damages and most especially the last activity on it. I would advise you reply so as to suggest on the next line of action about it. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by jamessmith2099: 12:37pm On Nov 22, 2011 |
Thanks, for these many types of reply but still i am not satisfied, And I think there is not any way to repai a crashed Hard Drive. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by realisticm: 11:56am On Nov 23, 2011 |
My PC does not recognize the hard drive at all, when its connected to my pc and i check the property of the hard drive it would say unknown device and when i try to open it it will write error. i even removed the hard drive from the external casing and i inserted it into my pc directly yet it doesnt work nor it was recognize by the computer. so i thought this is not a software problem but hardware. |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by blackweaver(m): 11:38am On Nov 26, 2011 |
it's a hardware problem alright; i'm not sure you can get it fixed by discussing on a forum, you'll probably have to consult a specialist - and then only to copy the data - the hard disk is gone. Although, i heard someone talk about putting it in the freezer for some time; i've seen that kind of comment on forums about similar problems. I can't vouch that it works though, i've never tried it myself |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by Phony200(m): 9:42pm On Nov 28, 2011 |
Hi, i have a similar issue. The hard drive spins and makes the usual noises. The light still blinks and when plugged, windows sounds that a new hardware was added but Nothing comes up or shows up on the desktop or computer at all. Anything you can recommend? |
| Re: How To Repair A Spoilt/crashed Hard Drive by sameolg616(m): 4:45pm On Nov 29, 2011 |
Phony200 and realtism, im a disaster recovery expert and i can assure you that if the hardware is not spoilt physically,i can guarantee a 60-70% recovery rate using the finest tools and experience over yrs, give me a call. i like such challenges, 08061679732 |
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