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[Closed] USB Portable Hard Drive Recovery ?

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possible and if so who can do it ?

TIA


 
Posted : 05/10/2012 5:30 pm
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Depends if the drive is spinning up, if it's not it's going to cost you...


 
Posted : 05/10/2012 5:38 pm
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I'd try a different housing first, borrow one or buy a cheap one.


 
Posted : 05/10/2012 5:40 pm
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sounds like its spinning up.............


 
Posted : 05/10/2012 6:04 pm
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I did one last month.

A friend's laptop drive lost it's partition table. Popped it into a usb cradle, then used MiniTool Partion Wizard to rebuild/restore the table. It appeared to do that, but instantly lost it again when powered down. So I got another empty drive and cloned the partition onto that. The new drive held on to it fine. Dissertation saved.


 
Posted : 05/10/2012 7:09 pm
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Dissertation saved.

No one who has their dissertation in only one place should ever be awarded a degree. ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 05/10/2012 7:14 pm
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Masters too!


 
Posted : 05/10/2012 7:29 pm
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Take the drive out and put in another caddy / internally in a PC.

Failing that, Recuva.

Learn from this, take backups.


 
Posted : 05/10/2012 8:59 pm