Need to recover Data from my Extnl 200 GB USB Hard Disk - Team-BHP

muni · 14th March 2006, 13:31

Hey ppl.

I had bought a 200 Gb Extnl Seagate hard disk about an year back and it had loads of useful information on it. All top gear videos, my Camera pics, About 25 Gigs of Mp3, must have movies Etc. The disk was almost full!!

I connect the hard disk to my PC and laptop using the USB inputs.

whenever i connect the extnl hard disk each of the partition is scannes and assigned a drive name ( g,h, i ..)

Recently i found that one of the 60 Gb partition out of the 3 partitions ( 60+60+80) was having some problem while the system was trying to access the data which has rendered all the partitions useless.

I cannot access any of my priceless data.

Can anybody suggest/help me recover my data.

Hellcat · 14th March 2006, 15:09

Connect the external Hard-disk before you switch on you system. When the computer boots it’ll scan for the Disk…do a scan disk and defrag, it should help.

muni · 14th March 2006, 15:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellcat

Connect the external Hard-disk before you switch on you system. When the computer boots it’ll scan for the Disk…do a scan disk and defrag, it should help.

on my laptop if i connect this way the laptop doesnt startup and hangs( its on windosxp)
Need to chk on my PC.

Is there anything else that can be done..

Ford Rocam · 14th March 2006, 15:20

Seems to me that hard drive has failed but you can still recover the data from it, u need to remove the disk from the box & attach physically inside the comp in secondary channel & try to see if the hard disk is detecting or not.
its a long process for recovery, if your data is very important i recommend get some professional help locally & dont experiment with it.

BuRnT RuBbEr · 14th March 2006, 19:40

[SIZE=2]first of all...give more information on what is the exact equipment!...is it a factory built external drive or a make-shift thing with after market casing??[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]It is possible that there has been some physical damage to your equipment, and in that case, you MUST NOT try experimenting. take it to a proffessional. The more you try to experiment, the more loss it would cause. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]p.s: other partitions are working as usual?? or the data rate has become very slow or somthing????[/SIZE]

airfoil · 14th March 2006, 20:03

For starters, cut your losses. Do not connect the USB drive to the PC until you have enough free space on the PC itself to copy the recovered data to. There's no point in running the drive unless you can actually do something to get data off.

There are several data revovery programs you can get to attempt recovery - here's a sampling of the free tools. http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/sy...arecovery.html

I guess actually buying a regular program may be the final way out though. O&O disc recovery is a program that will work well, if the drive is being detected.

When you're ready to go, carefully take the drive out of its external casing and connect it directly to the computer, then run the program.

This method will only work if the drive is being detected though. If it is not even being detected, then there may be other tricks such as the freezer trick that can be tried. This involves wrapping the drive in an anti-static bag and leaving it to cool in your freezer overnight - then connecting it and attempting to get some of your data off - either directly or with the help of a recovery program.

Good Luck!

Rehaan · 14th March 2006, 20:52

Muni,

Try getting your HDD out of the casing if neccessary, and connecting to your PC's IDE and then using this program. Its very popular, and extremely good i believe, and its FREE.

http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm

cya
R

barbar · 14th March 2006, 22:19

yeah rehaan is right, use that software. Its superb for data recovery(iv heard) and can even recover data from physically damaged disks.
Down side : takes allllot of time... but is k if the datat realy imp to u.

14th March 2006, 13:31	#1 (permalink)
muni BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 325 View My Garage	Need to recover Data from my Extnl 200 GB USB Hard Disk Hey ppl. I had bought a 200 Gb Extnl Seagate hard disk about an year back and it had loads of useful information on it. All top gear videos, my Camera pics, About 25 Gigs of Mp3, must have movies Etc. The disk was almost full!! I connect the hard disk to my PC and laptop using the USB inputs. whenever i connect the extnl hard disk each of the partition is scannes and assigned a drive name ( g,h, i ..) Recently i found that one of the 60 Gb partition out of the 3 partitions ( 60+60+80) was having some problem while the system was trying to access the data which has rendered all the partitions useless. I cannot access any of my priceless data. Can anybody suggest/help me recover my data. __________________ When I have a flyswatter in my hand, everything around me looks like a fly. Last edited by muni : 14th March 2006 at 13:34.

14th March 2006, 15:20	#4 (permalink)
Ford Rocam Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mumbai-India Posts: 907	Seems to me that hard drive has failed but you can still recover the data from it, u need to remove the disk from the box & attach physically inside the comp in secondary channel & try to see if the hard disk is detecting or not. its a long process for recovery, if your data is very important i recommend get some professional help locally & dont experiment with it. __________________ Cheap and reliable wont be fast, cheap and fast wont be reliable, reliable and fast wont be cheap.

14th March 2006, 19:40	#5 (permalink)
BuRnT RuBbEr BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: delhi Posts: 193	[SIZE=2]first of all...give more information on what is the exact equipment!...is it a factory built external drive or a make-shift thing with after market casing??[/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2]It is possible that there has been some physical damage to your equipment, and in that case, you MUST NOT try experimenting. take it to a proffessional. The more you try to experiment, the more loss it would cause. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2]p.s: other partitions are working as usual?? or the data rate has become very slow or somthing????[/SIZE] __________________ in the world of tarmac, thou shalt be remembered for the rubber you burn, the motors you smoke and quarter miles you conquer...

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14th March 2006, 15:09	#2 (permalink)
Hellcat BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 216 View My Garage	Connect the external Hard-disk before you switch on you system. When the computer boots it’ll scan for the Disk…do a scan disk and defrag, it should help.

14th March 2006, 20:03	#6 (permalink)
airfoil BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 210	For starters, cut your losses. Do not connect the USB drive to the PC until you have enough free space on the PC itself to copy the recovered data to. There's no point in running the drive unless you can actually do something to get data off. There are several data revovery programs you can get to attempt recovery - here's a sampling of the free tools. http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/sy...arecovery.html I guess actually buying a regular program may be the final way out though. O&O disc recovery is a program that will work well, if the drive is being detected. When you're ready to go, carefully take the drive out of its external casing and connect it directly to the computer, then run the program. This method will only work if the drive is being detected though. If it is not even being detected, then there may be other tricks such as the freezer trick that can be tried. This involves wrapping the drive in an anti-static bag and leaving it to cool in your freezer overnight - then connecting it and attempting to get some of your data off - either directly or with the help of a recovery program. Good Luck!

14th March 2006, 20:52	#7 (permalink)
Rehaan Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay / New York Posts: 7,586	Muni, Try getting your HDD out of the casing if neccessary, and connecting to your PC's IDE and then using this program. Its very popular, and extremely good i believe, and its FREE. http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm cya R

14th March 2006, 22:19	#8 (permalink)
barbar BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 61	yeah rehaan is right, use that software. Its superb for data recovery(iv heard) and can even recover data from physically damaged disks. Down side : takes allllot of time... but is k if the datat realy imp to u.