[Hidden-tech] Retrieve data on external hard drive

[Jeff Brand]

A second vote for SpinRite.

Their testimonials are filled with scenarios like the one described. 
Once the damaged boot files were repaired, the whole system continues to 
act normally until a proper backup/drive replacement can be made.

That's a best-case scenario and perhaps easier to accomplish than my 
Live CD/external drive suggestion. She'll need a second computer with 
which to purchase, download the program and burn a CD but after that 
it's easy to operate.

On 10/24/2013 2:22 PM, Greg Perham wrote:
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> Hi George,
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> The first thing I would try is SpinRite 
> <https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm>. Don't be put off by the ancient 
> website design. If the drive is up to the task mechanically, SpinRite 
> will recover anything that is recoverable. It may take hours or a day, 
> depending on the type of damage, but it will get everything possible.
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> Greg
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> On Oct 24, 2013, at 5:56 AM, George Forman wrote:
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>> Dear Hidden Tech Community,
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>> A colleague of mine who works in Honolulu cannot open a back up drive 
>> that contains 3 years of work.  She is absolutely undone by this 
>> lost.  The drive contain 3,000 video clips of a demonstration 
>> preschool that presents an innovative approach to early childhood 
>> education.  The drive will boot then crash.  The standard attempts to 
>> repair the directory have not worked.  She was told by a company in 
>> Honolulu that it would cost $700 to retrieve the data.  Doesn't that 
>> sound like way too much money?  Does anyone know of a reliable 
>> service that can retrieve the data for less?  She has a Western 
>> Digital, 2 terabyte drive that is about 75% full.  I would then call 
>> your recommended service to learn what is involved in retrieving data 
>> (dust free room, manual retrieval versus batching it, etc.) and 
>> communicate this information back to my colleague.
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>> Thanks,
>> George Forman, President
>> Videatives, Inc.
>> Amherst, Massachusetts
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