[Ham-Computers] HD Data Lost. Can You Help

[Jim Hill]

I have heard that if you cool your hard drive in your refrigerator, 
it may run for a while.  I've never tried it, personally.

I had a flash drive fail, and used 
Eraseus  http://www.easeus.com/datarecovery/   I tried the free 
version 
http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm 
It is for only 1 GB of data,  but I discovered I could look at more 
but only transfer  1 GB to somewhere else.  Once the 1 gb limit was 
reached, I restarted Eraseus and tried again.  Unfortunately the 
recovered data was all mixed up, with duplicates of some files and 
others not recoverable and all listed in special folders.  It was 
pretty labor intensive.

I've learned something else - flash drives fail, too.  I've reduced 
the failure rate by not using unknown brands purchased at Sears, 
etc.   I only use Kingston flash drives, and back up important stuff 
a second time, and/or seldom using the flash drive.

Good luck

Jim

At 03:08 PM 12/18/2012, you wrote:


>Hi All,
>
>Much to my horror, when I powered the computer up Thursday morning 
>December 6, 2012 the HD failed to do anything. It was simply a case 
>of dying in its sleep! That is, if one assumes that chips sleep!
>
>I am desperate! I had not backed my data up in six months for four 
>directories. The rest I do have on CDS or zip disks. Unfortunately 
>the data I put on that computer the past six months is absolutely 
>critical to me! Figures, heh?