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Recommend data recovery company?
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Thu, 03 May 2018 02:49:35 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote: In article , Diesel wrote: if you don't have a non-windows system available, try spinrite: https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm I have a legit regged copy of Spinrite 6...It's quite a program, but, it's not a miracle worker. If the drives in rough shape (clicking sounds) I dunno if I'd go that route first...As the last thing you want to do is stress that drive further. It could indeed be a mechanical failure in progress, and that can be very bad for the data on the platters, IF, it's still intact. he wants to try homebrew solutions, and of those, spinrite has a *much* higher chance of success than physically opening the case and moving platters, especially without it being done in a cleanroom. Umm, if the drive is making physical clicking noises and refusing to read data, Spinrite isn't going to be able to do anything positive for the drive. You seem to be very confused on what Spinrite can and cannot do, and why. If you have failing sectors, and/or sectors marked as bad, Spinrite might be able to help you recover some data. For the sectors that are toast, it 'fills in' the missing data with zero's. So, it doesn't provide a full recovery in all cases. There's only so much you can do. HOWEVER, Running spinrite on a drive that's making noises and refusing to pull data outright will NOT help the drive. It can make things worse, faster. Spinrites a nice program, written in pure assembly language, but, even that doesn't give it magical powers over the hard drive or mechanics of it. if he actually wants the data, the best choice is a recovery company, who is almost certain to recover it (they've recovered drives in far worse condition), but as has been noted, it ain't cheap. It won't hurt anything by swapping the controller board and trying to read from the drive. As I wrote previously. And, that's not a 'home brew' fix, either. Spinrite is also a DOS native program; You can't make full use of it under Windows. that's the whole point. it's as close to the metal as it can get. I'm well aware of the advantage DOS has in so far as getting you very close to the bare metal. Linux could also be subsituted for DOS with the right software, but, that's besides the point. While Spinrite is a nice utility, it's NOT a miracle worker and you do NOT use it on a drive you think is outright failing; IT can AND DOES stress the drive and that can make things alot worse, faster. It also lessens the chance (when you give up) that a 'professional' data recovery service can help you at this point. Either swap the controller and give that a try, or, take the drive to a professional company. Spinrite is the WRONG TOOL for this particular job. I don't believe that him opening the drive enclosure to get the data back is going to help a bit. Either a mechanical component inside the drive has failed, or the controller board has. -- To prevent yourself from being a victim of cyber stalking, it's highly recommended you visit he https://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php ================================================== = Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. |
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