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brentt · Last edited by brentt on Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:20 pm; edited 1 time in total

It is a SATA drive mounted in a free agent external enclosure. I did remove it from the enclosure just to eliminate that as an issue.

This is what happened. The enclosure sits upright. I had it attached to a laptop transferring files. My Son kicked it over onto it?s side while it was writing. I got a delayed write error.

The drive spins up, my computer sees it. When it first spins up I can see my files. If I try to copy them, I will get one file or so to copy over, then I get the delayed write failure. If I unplug it, and plug it back in, I can see the files again for a short time. I seem to have better luck when the drive has been off and is cold.

Any idea what I need to do to recover my files? I was told it might be my heads, and I should swap them. But I wanted to see if anyone thinks I can get the data off the drive without opening it, since I can still see the data for short timeframes.
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harddrivespecialist · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:44 pm Post subject:

Your drive has a physical damage on a platter surface.
That damage was created during a fall, drive's heads hit a surface of the platters and created a scratch.
If your drive still can recognize itself, your heads should be in working condition at that moment.

Every time you are trying to read your files, heads will hit a scratch on a surface and will damage themselfs.

There is a way to get your data off, but you will need very expensive equipment ranging in price from $2500-$15000
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brentt · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject: ok thanks, but is there

I read somewhere there is software that will read/copy your data up to the spot that has damage. You can do the read copy from both ends, and will retrieve your data other then where the damage is.

Does anyone know if this is true, and what software? Also, can this bad part of the drive be mapped, and ignored, like bad sectors?

I have copied about 30 files off the drive so far, but it's slow going.
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harddrivespecialist · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:07 pm Post subject:

As I have mentioned in prior post, you will create more damage to your drive.

To me, its very painful to see someone destroying his own data.

Software/Hardware you asking about it is: PC3000 + Data Extractor $10,000+

It will take some time to learn to use it and it won't do it automaticaly.
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brentt · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject: thanks for your reply

ok, thanks for the information. That software is more then the data is worth. I guess I will call a few places just to see what the cost is. I was told if you can still see the drive the cost is less then a dead drive that has to be opened in a cleanroom. I'm guessing even so, the cost will be high. I do have bits and pieces of the data backed up over 6 or 8 drives, it's just going to be a project to see what I have, and what I lost for sure.

Thanks for your help !
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sunnydreamspace · Deadharddrive regular +5 Joined: 04 Jan 2009 Posts: 540

hi,
you can try to do recovery by data recovery software first. but please do with carefully.
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