Need to recover a Harddrive.
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
You need a time machine to back in time and don't do what you did to mess it all up. :)
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
I don't know what kind of tools it will take, but it can be done. I lost a disk and paid some hack to put it in his 'system'... in his garage. Three days later he recovered everything except the OS installation (the reason it couldn't boot). We agreed to $200 for it (before he started)... it probably should have cost more considering the time it took. I gave him a very big tip after I verified everything was there. This was after "Geek Squad" failed to diagnose anything... even claiming it was dead when I knew I could get it to spin up and read when slaved... I just couldn't recover enough info to determine file locations on the disk. Oh, and the critical nature of the files on the disk... my wife hadn't backed up her pictures... :confused: So now I bought her a $5 thumb drive... everything goes from the camera, to the computer, to the usb. And she never overwrites a picture on the camera disk (always get a new one)... that should do it... no more freaking out over pictures... triply backed up.
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
rnbergren wrote:
SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
No back up? Bummer. Sometimes you can get SSDs to work for a short time after powering them off and restrarting, I don't know if you've done this already. I wish you luck. Your sig has become very apropos. Good luck.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
Ouch! That doesn't sound like anything that can be saved, though if you have any friends at NSA you might have some luck there. A regular hard drive can often be recovered because the magnetic domains persist, even if the drive electronics go south. But an SSD is, by definition, a solid state, integrated device. There's no disk you can remove and remount. Good luck with it, and please post the results. There are bound to be other here who want to know how to do this. [note to self - do backup tonight]
Will Rogers never met me.
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You need a time machine to back in time and don't do what you did to mess it all up. :)
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
I told you next Wednesday that won't work!
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I told you next Wednesday that won't work!
Until next wednesday, I can expose this information and share it with everyone. :)
The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~
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Ouch! That doesn't sound like anything that can be saved, though if you have any friends at NSA you might have some luck there. A regular hard drive can often be recovered because the magnetic domains persist, even if the drive electronics go south. But an SSD is, by definition, a solid state, integrated device. There's no disk you can remove and remount. Good luck with it, and please post the results. There are bound to be other here who want to know how to do this. [note to self - do backup tonight]
Will Rogers never met me.
I have usually 2-3 backups of everything. But I am looking for one file that I seem to have saved somewhere else on this old computer. Probably didn't but who knows. Already I have spent more time than this whole thing is worth in the end. oh well.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
rnbergren wrote:
SSD drive
Eek. Be prepared for the worst. An HDD has physical magnetic discs that can be read, even if there's damage. An SSD is essentially a memory card, so there's nothing physical to recover data from.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I don't know what kind of tools it will take, but it can be done. I lost a disk and paid some hack to put it in his 'system'... in his garage. Three days later he recovered everything except the OS installation (the reason it couldn't boot). We agreed to $200 for it (before he started)... it probably should have cost more considering the time it took. I gave him a very big tip after I verified everything was there. This was after "Geek Squad" failed to diagnose anything... even claiming it was dead when I knew I could get it to spin up and read when slaved... I just couldn't recover enough info to determine file locations on the disk. Oh, and the critical nature of the files on the disk... my wife hadn't backed up her pictures... :confused: So now I bought her a $5 thumb drive... everything goes from the camera, to the computer, to the usb. And she never overwrites a picture on the camera disk (always get a new one)... that should do it... no more freaking out over pictures... triply backed up.
So you don't use a cloud service for your photos? That's the safest solution for your pictures -- once the cloud service is hacked, you can retrieve accidentally-deleted pictures from any torrent site.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
Define "went all bad". Is the filesystem corrupt, or is it a brick?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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So you don't use a cloud service for your photos? That's the safest solution for your pictures -- once the cloud service is hacked, you can retrieve accidentally-deleted pictures from any torrent site.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark_Wallace wrote:
So you don't use a cloud service for your photos?
I was getting ready to take you serious and explain several reasons why not!
Mark_Wallace wrote:
That's the safest solution for your pictures -- once the cloud service is hacked, you can retrieve accidentally-deleted pictures from any torrent site.
And then I had a laugh :laugh:
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
rnbergren wrote:
off of it badly
Then any tool should suffice?
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Define "went all bad". Is the filesystem corrupt, or is it a brick?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
Try sealing it in a plastic bag then toss it in the freezer overnight. Worth a shot.
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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So you don't use a cloud service for your photos? That's the safest solution for your pictures -- once the cloud service is hacked, you can retrieve accidentally-deleted pictures from any torrent site.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
99.9% of photos I have are of interest only to me and the family, why should I care if they are hacked. The .1% would not be backed up to the cloud!. I just bought in to the Office 365 eco system, PC died, so I get 1tb on MS servers, all my music and pictures are now backed up to the cloud. Not sure what to do about the documents I don't want out there!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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99.9% of photos I have are of interest only to me and the family, why should I care if they are hacked. The .1% would not be backed up to the cloud!. I just bought in to the Office 365 eco system, PC died, so I get 1tb on MS servers, all my music and pictures are now backed up to the cloud. Not sure what to do about the documents I don't want out there!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Um... Ask your little brother if he detects any sardonicism in my posting.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Try sealing it in a plastic bag then toss it in the freezer overnight. Worth a shot.
Tried this but.......... I always have uncertainty on the kilogram settings on the microwave defrost cycle settings. It seems to come to life when it dances across the platter with sparks and stuff. How can you tell if the HDD is over or under cooked? This method has never worked for me.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Anyone used TestDisk or DiskInternals? SSD drive went all bad and I need some stuff off of it badly.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
If your OS has gone tits-up then it might be worth trying Slax. Put it on a pen drive, run the script, and you'll have a full Linux OS that you might be able to see into the drive with. You'll also need a portable drive to move data to. :)