A Good Broken Hard Drive Recovery Software?
My hard drive took a fall a while back, and now I am left wondering if the data is recoverable. The drive still spins, and doesn’t make any bad noises, so I know thats a good sign, but it doesn’t show up in Windows. I was wondering if anyone knew of any good software for recovering files from the drive. Also, if anyone knows of a program that has a free trial that shows me all the files that it would be able to recover if I actually brought the program, that would be ideal. thanks
You can try to recover data with Easy File Undelete software:
http://www.munsoft.com/EasyFileUndelete/
It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.
You can try various software to see if the files can be recovered
DataRescue http://www.prosofteng.com/
FileSalvage (Mac) http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1
ActiveUndelete http://www.active-undelete.com/
PCTools FileRecover http://www.pctools.com/file-recover
Recuva (free): http://www.recuva.com/
There are some websites that have tools you can try, and then if it looks like it can recover some data, you have to pay to do the recovery
VirtualLab http://www.binarybiz.com/
If all else fails, you can send your drive to a data recovery service, it will cost hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on what the problem is.
If you are going to send it out for recovery, the less fooling around with software you do with the drive on your own, the better.
Seagate Data Recovery http://services.seagate.com/consumer_solutions.aspx
DriveSavers http://www.drivesavers.com/
ActionFront http://www.actionfront.com/
TotalRecall http://www.totalrecall.com/
Check into this terrific disk utility before you entirely give up on a hard drive: ‘Spinrite’ by Gibson Research. It often fixes many HDD physical problems and /or recovers data.
Google for reviews, or go to:
http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
for further details. About $70US last I heard, and can be used on multiple home systems (PC, Mac, Lin)& non-expiring.