Topic: Knackered Hard Drive

[DJ]

Hi All,

I have a IBM 80gig hard that has given up the ghost.

I can't access it through windows or dos and it makes a very loud clicky noise.  This is a slave (secondary) drive so i can still access windows but have lost a lot of data (I know I should have backed it  up!).

Anyway, can anyone recommend recovery software? I have looked at iRecover but would rather find a cheaper alternative...

Any Suggestions?

DJ

[Sandra]

You could try Easy Recovery Pro DJ but if the drive isnt spinning up I dont think anything will work without using a specialised dat recovery service  

[DJ]

Is that from www.ontrack.co.uk ?? I'll have a proper look in the morning.

I download the trial of irecover and it is working - not sure if the disk is spinning or not now?  iRecover will just take ages as it only lets you recover parts of the data at one time (unless I upgrade to the full version).

I suppose iRecover isn't that bad - think its bewtween $50 - $100.

DJ

[Sandra]

I think I would try easy recovery pro DJ, I have never used it myself but have heard that its very good  

[DJ]

Thanks Sandra  

Will have a proper look at it in the morning..

Off to catch some

Thanks again

DJ

[DJ]

Easy recover pro is up and running and working like a dream, recovering my lost data.

Thanks Sandra for your efficient and helpful replies (as usual)  

DJ

[Simon]

Best of luck, DJ.  It's a horrible feeling when you think you might have lost everything.