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hixhix
1158 Posts
 All my music, lots of movies and hundreds of starcraft vods (all good ones, most are from the recommended vods thread) are gone forever. I hate to start collecting stuffs again. That HDD is only about 1 year old, fuck Maxtor, I'll never buy their HDD again.  | ||
cgrinker
United States3824 Posts
Unless you dropped it. Then that's on you. | ||
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errol1001
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Deleted User 37864
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
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Raithed
China7078 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
PS- If its just the mechanical end, there are ways to get a drive to work temporarily. Google them; some involve putting the drive in rice or something and ziplocking it, then putting it in the freezer. not joking shit works. | ||
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besiger
Croatia2452 Posts
EDIT: googled around a bit, and here the price is 250$ minimum, sucks | ||
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pangshai
Chinatown5333 Posts
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On June 20 2009 17:06 besiger wrote: Aren't there companies that specialize in data retrieval from busted up hard drives ? Im pretty sure it can be done, but i think the price is kinda high, but if you have some important stuff on it, might be worth it. EDIT: googled around a bit, and here the price is 250$ minimum, sucks Do they say how they retrieve the data? I bet they use a modified version of the simple home technique I mentioned. | ||
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foeffa
Belgium2115 Posts
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LeperKahn
Romania1852 Posts
I feel ya man... Check out data recovery. I think I might try it myself. Losing this music would be bad. On June 20 2009 17:06 besiger wrote: Aren't there companies that specialize in data retrieval from busted up hard drives ? Im pretty sure it can be done, but i think the price is kinda high, but if you have some important stuff on it, might be worth it. EDIT: googled around a bit, and here the price is 250$ minimum, sucks Crap... Just read this. | ||
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MamiyaOtaru
United States1687 Posts
I'd say if they are charging under $500, they aren't going to be able to do any more than you can. Clean room and SEMs and stuff costs a lot. On the cheap: the freezer trick worked for me once, and once it didn't. I don't do anything without RAID 1 anymore. | ||
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hixhix
1158 Posts
I usually back up important data every time I buy a new hdd. I never had a hdd failure before (I have 8 HDDs), a few of my HDDs are 5+ years old but in a very good condition. Since I'm hooked to HD movies, all my HDDs are filled up so quickly. This failed HDD is about 1 year old and it stays in the shelf most of the time. Because of all of these, I didnt back up data this time. The data is important but I cant afford for the data recovery service. I just feel all my time and effort to collect stuffs that I like, to organize them properly... are completely wasted I'll try the freezer trick, never heard of that before :p | ||
GTR
51693 Posts
most of them just steal shit off your hdd and if you have vital information, steal that too. | ||
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