Dunno if anyone has suggested it yet, but give spinrite a try, it is very cheap and can do a good job of recovery data.
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Bobby Hartsfield <bo...@acoderslife.com>wrote: > > There are alot of response to this thread and i didn't read them all yet > yet... but if you tried multiple computers and have the same issue, my only > other suggestion is to take it apart to get the actual drive out and try to > put it in another enclosure. > > You have a 50/50 chance of the issue just being a busted chip/transistor or > something on the SATA to USB board. You may even open it up and see the > problem with a disconnected piece or possibly a black spot on the board. > > Being something like that doesn't mean the drive isn't bad too now, but > there is always that chance that the drive is fine. I've been that lucky > more than once. > > Once you do get all of your stuff back... get some offsite storage/backup! > I > believe Picasa has free unlimited storage now that Google+ is out. > > Great place to start with your images :-) > > > .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > http://cf4em.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Cobb [mailto:cft...@ecartech.com] > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 9:02 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: (ot) Recover Data from External Hard Drive > > > So, this is way OT, but I'm hoping someone out there can give me some > suggestions to help me figure this out. Here's my situation: > > I have a 500GB USB external hard drive on my home PC that I use to store > pretty much everything. All of our pictures, financial documents, > mp3s, code repositories, everything. I have the hard drive partitioned > into 2 equal parts, and they are set up as the "F" and "G" drives on the > PC. Last week, my 9 month old grabbed the cable and pulled the hard > drive off of the desk. When I plugged the hard drive back in, I could > no longer access any of the data on the drives. Windows is saying that > the drives need to be formatted. > > I've tried it on 3 separate machines, and I get the same thing on each > one. When I plug in the hard drive, Windows sees both the "F" and "G" > partitions, but wants to format them every time I try to open them. I > looked in disk manager and it shows each partition with the correct > size, but it says that each one is 100% free and contains no data. It > does this on Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows 7. > > I tried booting Knoppix to see if I could access it that way, but I > can't even get Knoppix to see the USB hard drive, or if it does I don't > know where to look. I used VirtualBox to boot an Ubuntu instance, but > got the same results as Knoppix, either it doesn't see the USB hard > drive, or if it does I don't know where to look. (now would probably be > a good time to mention that I don't know squat about Linux). > > So, that's my predicament. Does anyone out there have any suggestions > on what to try? I feel like that if I can get Knoppinx/Ubuntu to see > the drive that may be my best bet, but I don't have a clue as to how to > do it. (plan on doing some serious googling tonight). > > I appreciate any suggestions anyone may have. > > Thanks, > > Eric Cobb > http://www.cfgears.com > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347115 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
