How do I revive a dead harddrive?
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There is a software called Easy recovery that has tools for testing the mechanical and logical functions of any hard drive.  You need another hard drive if you are going to attemp any data recovery though.  Check the website.
958309
okay you first need to format your drive erasing everything off of it. Then restore it from a CD. I would recommend using a program like Symantec Live State Recovery and make a base backup of it after you have say your basic progs installed or things you're always going to want. It will basically make an image of your HD and you will be able to backup from that.
408008
try usin a ghost, copy the entire content of your original hard drive to your new one, i do this quite often, i back up my hard drive and just incase something bad happens i can just copy the entire thing from my back up drive
268809
Try uninstalling the drive using the Device Manager, and then reboot the computer.  When the computer reboots, Windows should detect the drive as "new hardware", and reinstall the drivers for it.  At that point you can try the drive out to see if it has restored its functionality.  If not, my suggestion would be to purchase a new drive to replace your present one.
648772
If I could not restore the files...\nI would boot the system off a PE disk to gain access to the hard drive and network. Copy the personal files off, re-image the PC from a ghost image that I had previously created, and copy the stuff back.\nLess than 30 minutes to do all this. I do it every day.
248448
Give CD Check a try.  It will detect any errors and try to recover any corrupt files. It has saved my rear on an ocassion or 2.\n\nhttp://www.elpros.si/CDCheck/
478356
Use an undelete programs like Restoration and PC Inspector File Recovery
890405
Reformat and reload you hard drive.\n\nCoach
656881
Or if what he said , dont work your harddrive is dead and you will need to reload a new operating system, like window XP or somthing like that. Reason is the Harddrive lost it data to boot (or startup windows) So you must reload and you will most likly loss all you data on that drive
140139
The hard drive may have failed. Go in to the BIOS and see if the drive is found.
1119743
JUst change the HDD with another brand type HDD. Try Western Digital, they are pretty good at hard drives.
822802
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.\nSome hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
338700
Easy recovery professional and other data recovery software can recover data from hard drive.\n\nbut for that hard drive should be in detectable condition and media of disk should be readable for having a little damage drive in working condition try putting it in freezer for 1 or 2.
684819
I'm sorry to tell you but I think it's dead. The click of doom is never a good sign and if there is fire involved? Hell, you're lucky the damned thing even turned on. You need to get a new hard drive man.
1059990
If you formated the HDD it is imposibel to recover the data\n\nYou can try to search for such softs but i don't think that they exist\n\nhttp://www.click-me.go.ro
966061
try checking ur disk by using chkdsk on ur drive \nor alternatively have the recovery console for that operatign system
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QUICKLY SALVAGE THE HARD DRIVE!!!\n\nGO FOR THE HARD DRIVE!!!!!\n\nFASTER!!!!!!