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buscuitboy · 19-07-2005

I have a 120GB Western Digital hard drive installed and everything was working fine with it until recently. I used it to store photos on, but all of a sudden I can't access anything on it & its asking me if I want to format the drive. Of course, I keep saying no since I have data on it. Is there any way of recovering the stuff that is on there? If so, how?

**harley2ride** · 19-07-2005

If it was me, I would go buy another HD, disconnect your current HD, but leave in in the bay, then format the new HD and install the OS on it. Once you have done that, connect the old HD as secondary, and see if you can access the data. There are numerous recovery softwares that you can use to try to salvage the data. BADCOPYPRO is one. There are quite a few others.

*phil_* · 19-07-2005

if im not mistaking badcopy pro doesnt work on regular hdds but can work on usb hdds at least thats what i figured from their site,anyway if i were you i would try spinrite & easyrecovery pro , keep in mind software will not always help in this sorta situtation at least if its a hdd hardware issue

if software wont help you get your data back and your data is important to you
then spend some $$$ for professional data recovery btw i recommend ontrack for that

19-07-2005	#1 (permalink)
buscuitboy CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 78	hard drive problem I have a 120GB Western Digital hard drive installed and everything was working fine with it until recently. I used it to store photos on, but all of a sudden I can't access anything on it & its asking me if I want to format the drive. Of course, I keep saying no since I have data on it. Is there any way of recovering the stuff that is on there? If so, how?

19-07-2005	#2 (permalink)
harley2ride Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,580	Re: hard drive problem If it was me, I would go buy another HD, disconnect your current HD, but leave in in the bay, then format the new HD and install the OS on it. Once you have done that, connect the old HD as secondary, and see if you can access the data. There are numerous recovery softwares that you can use to try to salvage the data. BADCOPYPRO is one. There are quite a few others. __________________ Rob C2D E6550,3gb DDR2-800mhz,150gb 10000rpm raptor,320gb sata,geforce 8800 gt, Vista Premium, 22" Samsung LCD,Samsung bluray DVD reader\dvd\rw16x, Samsung S203N, ADS Pyro A/V Link,Klipsch Pro-Media 5.1 SS Dell P4 3.4GHZ 2GB PC533 DDR XP PRO SP2 w/ADS Pyro Firewire card,160GB Sata, 250GB ATA133, ATI 2600XT HD/ DELL 20" LCD/ ALS 251 5.1 Speakers / Audigy 2 ZS Platinum / Plextor PX716A / MD (NEC3500) 2FD firmware

19-07-2005	#3 (permalink)
phil_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 988	Re: hard drive problem if im not mistaking badcopy pro doesnt work on regular hdds but can work on usb hdds at least thats what i figured from their site,anyway if i were you i would try spinrite & easyrecovery pro , keep in mind software will not always help in this sorta situtation at least if its a hdd hardware issue if software wont help you get your data back and your data is important to you then spend some $$$ for professional data recovery btw i recommend ontrack for that

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