[AccessD] OT: Recover data from a HDD that seems to have died

John Bartow jbartow at earthlink.net
Tue Feb 18 13:51:00 CST 2003


Susan
IIRC You would want to use the DOS utilities that boot from the floppy drive
to do this. Norton CD shoul dhave them on it. You can check the reference
guide to be sure. (yes they actually have it something useful)

HTH
JB

PS: If you can find your NU contact me offlist, I have another suggestion.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Klos, Susan
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 1:35 PM
To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Recover data from a HDD that seems to have
died


Actually, I think I do have an older version of Norton around the computer
room somewhere.

-----Original Message-----
From: Neal Kling [mailto:nkling at co.montgomery.ny.us]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:32 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Recover data from a HDD that seems to have
died


That's good to know.  I didn't realize that.  I think I have a hand-full
of various Norton versions.  Not that it does Susan any good, but maybe
she has it as well.

Neal Kling



-----Original Message-----
From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:21 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Recover data from a HDD that seems to have
died


Hi Susan and Neal

If the partition has been deleted it can be recovered as long as the
disk has not been erased. Good old Norton Utilities could search the
disk sequentially for lost partitions and rebuild them.

I haven't used this for years, though, and have no idea if it will
handle today's multi-gigabyte partitions ...

/gustav


> If the partition is truely gone this isn't something that can be fixed
> by a home user.  There is a possibility that a professional, using a
> sector editor, could get in there and recover files, but I doubt this
is
> going to fall into the 100 - 200 dollar range.  If you are going to
> attempt having someone recover your stuff do NOT let anyone else make
> any misguided (however well-meaning) attempts, such as recreating the
> partition.  This would likely destroy any chances at all.

> Neal Kling

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Klos, Susan [mailto:Susan.Klos at fldoe.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:11 AM
> To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
> Subject: [AccessD] OT: Recover data from a HDD that seems to have died

> I have a 6 gig harddrive that gives me the message: missing file or
> corrupted drive when I try to access it.  It used to run fine.  I took
> it to a computer repair store and they told me that there was no
> partition and that they could not recover the data.  Any ideas how I
can
> get the data off the drive cheaply?  It isn't worth $500 but it might
be
> worth $100 or $200.

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