Do hard drive recovery programs work?

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    I have a few hours on my hard drive, and wondered what would happen if the hard drive just died. I know if the hard drive mechanically dies, it's doomed, but if it becomes corrupt, do hard drive recovery programs fix this?

    I backup my hard drive(because I've had hard drive failures in the past), but wonder if I can save a day's work of restoring it with a simple hard drive recovery program? I've tried Ghost in the past, but that was to setup new laptop for other developers.

    Thank you,

    tom
     
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  2. Jarodboy

    Jarodboy Prominent Member

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    I've recovered things with GetDataBack but i can't say for sure it will work all the time
     
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  3. TommyD

    TommyD Peon

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    Jarodboy,
    I looked at GetDataBack info, from PC World, and it seems to focus on recovering individual files. Have you tried a whole hard drive?

    To everyone,

    I want to expand this, maybe another thread is necessary, if the hard drive is unrecoverable, is there an easy backup and restoration tool? I have an external hard drive kit for my storage media.

    thank you,

    tom <== turn very paranoid. :)
     
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  4. Jarodboy

    Jarodboy Prominent Member

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    Nop, sorry! :rolleyes:
     
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  5. Phynder

    Phynder Well-Known Member

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    Take a look at SpinRite -> http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

    It has been around since the DOS days and has helped me out several times. If it cannot help - then you are into the next level of support - where it gets read expensive and involves people dressed in bunny suits.
     
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    strtbykr Guest

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    I have not found one that works on for my particular problem. Have about 40 gigs of music on a drive and I cant access any of it?? :(
     
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    redz Well-Known Member

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    never did it before, so i wouldnt know.
     
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    Phynder Well-Known Member

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    Hey strtbykr - did you make any progress with your hard drive?
     
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    I've had a HD FAT die on me before. I don't remember which program I ended up using, but they do work - I recovered all my files.
     
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    I've had success with those programs about 1/3rd of the time. Getbackdata NTFS worked for me once I think.

    all depends on how fried the drive is.
     
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    I suggest you to use Kernel data Recovery Software as it recovers your dta to a maximum possible extent.

    http://www.nucleustechnologies.com

    Thanks
     
    recoveryguru, Aug 4, 2006 IP