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If the hard drive is dead, how do I get important information off of
it? There are things on there that are crucial. Thanks in advance

"deborahsla" <deborahsla@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> If the hard drive is dead, how do I get important information off of
> it? There are things on there that are crucial. Thanks in advance

You don't... If it was THAT critical you'd have backups.

You could send it to a recovery service but that's expensive ($1000+)

deborahsla wrote:
> If the hard drive is dead, how do I get important information off of
> it? There are things on there that are crucial. Thanks in advance
>

"Dead" has varying degrees when it comes to hard drives. Not reading,
not spinning, reading errors and so on mean that it is possible to make
a dead drive alive, at least temporarily. If the platter is truly FUBR,
then the expensive recovery that Noozer mentioned may be the only answer.

I would give the drive to a friend who has some knowledge of computers
and he might be able to help.

"deborahsla" <deborahsla@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message news:wrf4f.171419$vt2.31409@fe08.news.easynews.com ...
> If the hard drive is dead, how do I get important information off of
> it? There are things on there that are crucial. Thanks in advance

http://www.ontrack.com/

-- Bob Day
http://bobday.vze.com

Yes Backup-Backup-Backup
I had a HD that died and was making a clinking sound. I didn't have backups
either but the drive became alive again for long enough to transfer my files
to a new drive. I know that sinking, end of the world feeling. I know I
won't get that luck again because HD's usually die hard and fast. I bought
an external 120GB USB HD to do backups with and backup weekly or more. Not
trying to rub it in, just sharing my experience (and luck). -Tom

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> If the hard drive is dead, how do I get important information off of
> it? There are things on there that are crucial. Thanks in advance
>