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Topic: HELLLP! lost one of my drives! |
Gordy Hall
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Fairfax, CA.
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Posted 27 Sep 2007 3:41 pm |
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I have a PC running Win2000 for video editing, with a Fastrack system running 4 internal hard drives. Suddenly I no longer have a 'D' drive!
It's 120 gigs, filled with videos. Is there a way to find out what happened, and why it's not there any more?
Any and all suggestions welcomed, ASAP.
thanks, Gordy |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Gordy Hall
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Fairfax, CA.
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Posted 27 Sep 2007 7:04 pm Wiz-yes, and no.
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I have re-booted numerous times. The BIOS doesn't find the drive.
I've checked and re-set all connections, detached all the drives but C drive and the missing D drive, and only the C shows.
I'm really afraid the HD burned out. Is there a way to determine if that is the case?
TIA. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 27 Sep 2007 7:29 pm Re: Wiz-yes, and no.
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| Gordy Hall wrote: |
I have re-booted numerous times. The BIOS doesn't find the drive.
I've checked and re-set all connections, detached all the drives but C drive and the missing D drive, and only the C shows.
I'm really afraid the HD burned out. Is there a way to determine if that is the case?
TIA. |
You already have proved that the drive is defective. The next step might be to freeze it in a ziplock back, then take it out and hook it up as a slave, boot up and drag as much data as possible from drive D to another drive. Freezing sometimes gives a seized bearing a chance to start up for ten or fifteen minutes, until it seizes again.
If the data is valuable you should not mess with the disk, but ship it to a drive recovery company. Prices for recovery to a new hard drive vary. You can get a free quote by looking them up and phoning the various firms. I have seen prices range from a flat fee of around $400, to over $1500.
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Gordy Hall
From:
Fairfax, CA.
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Posted 28 Sep 2007 8:24 am
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Thanks, Wiz. I was afraid the drive had fried. I have a friend coming over to check it out today, and he also talked about 'recovering' data by freezing.
I hope that I haven't lost too much.
I appreciate your time. Thanks again.
Gordy |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 28 Sep 2007 9:23 am
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Good luck Gordy. Freeze the drive in a baggie for at least an hour, or two. When you are ready to proceed turn off the computer and unplug it. Take the frozen drive out of the freezer and hook up the power and signal cables as fast as you can. Don't waste time screwing it into the drive cage; let it dangle or lay the computer on it's left side and lay the hard drive on a paper towel on top of the drive cages. Power on the computer and as soon as you are able to use your mouse open My computer. If the drive is displayed in My computer open it up and begin dragging and dropping and "Copying" files and folders into a new folder you'll create on the C drive. Name it something like "Saves from D." By keeping this between your internal hard drives you will get the fastest data transfer rate. If you're lucky you'll be able to transfer everything to the C drive. Buy a replacement, jumper it as the slave or hook it up to the second SATA connector, or however the old one was connected. Format the disk NTFS, then move or copy the saved files to the new drive.
Let me know how you make out.
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Gordy Hall
From:
Fairfax, CA.
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Posted 4 Oct 2007 6:53 pm Tahnk you, Wiz.
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Wiz,
I did all that, froze, etc., and when I hooked it back up it had the 'bad' sound, and did not show up on My computer. I assume it is toast.
I have it in a Promise fastrak setup that emulates SCSI,(I think). The drive is in my freezer again, and the one BIG project I need was still viable, (whew). It will take a little word to re-condition it all, but it's there.
I did get a 320 gig firewire drive, and will be doing some back-up shortly.
Take a look at some of my video stuff on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/Gordy94930
If ya want the country, do the Danny Montana stuff, with the infamous Larry Cragg on pedal steel.
Thanks for all your help, and advice. You're a real asset to this on-line community.
Regards,
Gordy |
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Gary Shepherd
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Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2007 10:50 pm
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Sometimes, I've been able to put "toasted" drives in a different computer and access the contents. It's worth a try before sending it off to a data recovery company.
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