2nd Try: Data Rescue

My desktop HD seems to have crashed. I cannot boot to it at all. My
laptop HD has started to make clunking noises, and it fails after
about 15-20 minutes. I've been able to get some data off the laptop
by copying it to a USB Flash drive before the hard drive starts
clunking.

I bought a new laptop.

Now I want to rescue the data on the desktop and the other laptop. Is
there a way I can use my new laptop to connect to the other machines
and read the data on their hard drives?

Thanks!


Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,

*(((
Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,

*(((

Bait is a lure, usually considered to be other fish, worms
or food items that fish will eat or attack. Bated breath is
what you want to say.


If the data is important and worth the money, you most
secure method will be to send the drives to a professional
recovery company, such as Drive Savers. If you can access a
desktop that works, install the bad drive as a SLAVE and see
if you can read the data and copy the drive to a partition
or folder on the working desktop. You old laptop drive is
probably over heating, you can remove it from the laptop and
using a converter connector install it in the desktop also
as a slave. Be sure it is clean of dirt and dust that may
be retaining heat. If heat is the problem and the desktop
is properly cooled, it should run long enough to copy your
documents.

I've heard of people putting a drive in a sealed zip lock
bag and then the freeze after it has cooled to the minimum
operation temperature, installing it and getting data
recovery.

Drive Savers http://www.drivesavers.com/ has tips on their
website.



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"Rose" wrote in message
...
| My desktop HD seems to have crashed. I cannot boot to it
at all. My
| laptop HD has started to make clunking noises, and it
fails after
| about 15-20 minutes. I've been able to get some data off
the laptop
| by copying it to a USB Flash drive before the hard drive
starts
| clunking.
|
| I bought a new laptop.
|
| Now I want to rescue the data on the desktop and the other
laptop. Is
| there a way I can use my new laptop to connect to the
other machines
| and read the data on their hard drives?
|
| Thanks!
|
|
| Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain,
yours truly,
|
| *(((
| Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain,
yours truly,
|
| *(((

You posted this Q a few days ago, and there were responses
On another post of yours, some who responded stated you posted the same
questions frequently, and apparently ignored the responses/help.
You have changed your addy though.


"Rose" wrote in message
...
My desktop HD seems to have crashed. I cannot boot to it at all. My
laptop HD has started to make clunking noises, and it fails after
about 15-20 minutes. I've been able to get some data off the laptop
by copying it to a USB Flash drive before the hard drive starts
clunking.

I bought a new laptop.

Now I want to rescue the data on the desktop and the other laptop. Is
there a way I can use my new laptop to connect to the other machines
and read the data on their hard drives?

Thanks!


Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,

*(((
Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain, yours truly,

*(((

I have used the freezing trick 3 times over the years with success. In one
case the platters weren't even spinning up. Freezing the drive allowed the
drive parts to shrink a bit. The drive was functional just long enough for
me to recover what I needed from it.

Here is how I did it:

1. Connect an IDE cable and a power cable Y connector to the drive.

2. Set the drive jumpers as a slave unit

3. Place the drive in a heavy duty freezer bag. Tape and seal the bag
thoroughly.

4. Place in the freezer for 24 hours. It really has to be cold soaked.

5. Shut down and ready your computer to accept the slave drive. You may
have to change the jumper on your existing drive to "master with a slave' do
this. Make sure you have a power plug available "before" you start.

6. Fill a bowl with ice cubes and place by the computer.

7. Place the drive in the bowl, connect the power and IDE cable

8. Boot the computer and try to recover what you need.

9. Work fast. You may only have 5-10 minutes to accomplish what you need
to do

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!



"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
Bait is a lure, usually considered to be other fish, worms
or food items that fish will eat or attack. Bated breath is
what you want to say.


If the data is important and worth the money, you most
secure method will be to send the drives to a professional
recovery company, such as Drive Savers. If you can access a
desktop that works, install the bad drive as a SLAVE and see
if you can read the data and copy the drive to a partition
or folder on the working desktop. You old laptop drive is
probably over heating, you can remove it from the laptop and
using a converter connector install it in the desktop also
as a slave. Be sure it is clean of dirt and dust that may
be retaining heat. If heat is the problem and the desktop
is properly cooled, it should run long enough to copy your
documents.

I've heard of people putting a drive in a sealed zip lock
bag and then the freeze after it has cooled to the minimum
operation temperature, installing it and getting data
recovery.

Drive Savers http://www.drivesavers.com/ has tips on their
website.



--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.


"Rose" wrote in message
...
| My desktop HD seems to have crashed. I cannot boot to it
at all. My
| laptop HD has started to make clunking noises, and it
fails after
| about 15-20 minutes. I've been able to get some data off
the laptop
| by copying it to a USB Flash drive before the hard drive
starts
| clunking.
|
| I bought a new laptop.
|
| Now I want to rescue the data on the desktop and the other
laptop. Is
| there a way I can use my new laptop to connect to the
other machines
| and read the data on their hard drives?
|
| Thanks!
|
|
| Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain,
yours truly,
|
| *(((
| Awaiting your responses with baited breath, I remain,
yours truly,
|
| *(((