retrieveing data from a damaged/formated hardrive?

Post by **Tsakali_** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:27 pm

is it possible? is there a utility for it, or at least any proffesionals that handle that kind of thing?

Post by **Turbine** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:27 pm

yes, it is posible.

Post by **Foo** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:29 pm

Plenty of professional services, and they charge big money.

Post by **Bdw3** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:31 pm

If the drive works here are some possible soltions:
Nice free little app to try:
http://www.geocities.jp/br_kato/

Professional App to try:
http://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoveryprofessional/

If it's dead, or busted, there are services that will retrieve the data for you, but it can be quite expensive depending on how badly the drive is damaged. ie: it's going to cost more to pull data off a drive that was fire damaged than one that just up and died.