Originally posted by psychocandy
View Post
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
Reply to: PC wont boot - possible fooked hd
Collapse
You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
- You are not logged in. If you are already registered, fill in the form below to log in, or follow the "Sign Up" link to register a new account.
- You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
- If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
Logging in...
Previously on "PC wont boot - possible fooked hd"
Collapse
-
Originally posted by WTFH View PostFunnily enough, when The Wife (tm) did her masters, the same thing happened - cheap USB, no backup. Early on in project I'd got her to do daily backups and to email me with the critical files.
Of course I would offer a friendly shoulder to cry on at this sad time.
qh
Leave a comment:
-
Freezer idea didnt work. If anything disk clicked even louder. Weird since disk is spinning.
Time to re-download my sheep porn.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Pondlife View Post<placeholder> had to redownload my collection and now Goldeneye want another £1000 off me</placeholder>
Goldeneye never followed up from last time - as expected. Seed box is way to go - no chance of getting caught....
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Scruff View PostIt worked for me on a 500GB USB SATA drive less than 2 months ago. What did you use to encrypt your partition? I would suggest trying it and DON'T try decrypt the partition if you are able to then access it. Get it on, get it off, get it out and get rid...
Truecrypt. Its actually a single massive file that works as an encrypted virtual drive.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Pondlife View Post<placeholder> had to redownload my collection and now Goldeneye want another £1000 off me</placeholder>
Leave a comment:
-
<placeholder> had to redownload my collection and now Goldeneye want another £1000 off me</placeholder>
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by psychocandy View PostApparently, it doesnt work on modern drives. Interesting that you've had some joy with it though.
BUT its screwed anyway it seems so worth a try. Trouble is the file I want on there is 650Gb (its an encrypted partition) so its going to take hours to copy off. Even if the freeze does work it wont last that long! (unless I stick the usb cradle in the freezer and run cable out the door lol).
Luckily the stuff on there is not drop dead stuff I need just a bit of a PITA so even if I knacker the drive completely Im never going to send it off to the pros or anything. £550 BTW Seagate want to recover it. Yeah right!
But important enough to have encrypted it
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by psychocandy View PostApparently, it doesnt work on modern drives. Interesting that you've had some joy with it though.
BUT its screwed anyway it seems so worth a try. Trouble is the file I want on there is 650Gb (its an encrypted partition) so its going to take hours to copy off. Even if the freeze does work it wont last that long! (unless I stick the usb cradle in the freezer and run cable out the door lol).
Luckily the stuff on there is not drop dead stuff I need just a bit of a PITA so even if I knacker the drive completely Im never going to send it off to the pros or anything. £550 BTW Seagate want to recover it. Yeah right!
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by Scruff View PostThe Freezer trick works (I have used it twice, succesfully). I had 2 drives where the stepper motor just "clicked" and the spindles would not spin up.
Get tablespoon dry rice, or preferably, silica gel sachet and place in a Zip-lock freezer bag. Place drive into Freezer bag, squeeze as much air out as you can, zip it and place into freezer for sufficient time for the drive to come to ambient freezer temperature.
Remove from freezer and place into drive caddy, and hopefully, it will spin up, giving you sufficient time to copy your data off. Don't delay it and don't try use it again, other than to copy the data that you need from it.
BUT its screwed anyway it seems so worth a try. Trouble is the file I want on there is 650Gb (its an encrypted partition) so its going to take hours to copy off. Even if the freeze does work it wont last that long! (unless I stick the usb cradle in the freezer and run cable out the door lol).
Luckily the stuff on there is not drop dead stuff I need just a bit of a PITA so even if I knacker the drive completely Im never going to send it off to the pros or anything. £550 BTW Seagate want to recover it. Yeah right!Last edited by psychocandy; 2 May 2017, 09:23.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by psychocandy View PostHmm. Well it worked for a bit. Got most of the stuff off - unfortunately now bios wont recognise so I guess its goodnight irene?
Is there anything you can do? Stick in freezer? (Surely this is bollox?)
Get tablespoon dry rice, or preferably, silica gel sachet and place in a Zip-lock freezer bag. Place drive into Freezer bag, squeeze as much air out as you can, zip it and place into freezer for sufficient time for the drive to come to ambient freezer temperature.
Remove from freezer and place into drive caddy, and hopefully, it will spin up, giving you sufficient time to copy your data off. Don't delay it and don't try use it again, other than to copy the data that you need from it.
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by psychocandy View PostHmm. Well it worked for a bit. Got most of the stuff off - unfortunately now bios wont recognise so I guess its goodnight irene?
Is there anything you can do? Stick in freezer? (Surely this is bollox?)
Leave a comment:
-
Hmm. Well it worked for a bit. Got most of the stuff off - unfortunately now bios wont recognise so I guess its goodnight irene?
Is there anything you can do? Stick in freezer? (Surely this is bollox?)
Leave a comment:
-
Originally posted by WTFH View PostI've used Feather Linux before for the same reason.
Currently trying to recover data from a drive for a neighbour. Her 4 year old daughter dropped the laptop on the floor. It hadn't been backed up in ages. It has all the baby photos on it. Won't boot. No partition found. EaseUS Partition Manager couldn't fix it after 12 days. (750GB drive being seen as 2TB)
Now running CGS Photorec 7.1.
Time to complete: 382hr 54min.
Leave a comment:
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Streamline Your Retirement with iSIPP: A Solution for Contractor Pensions Sep 1 09:13
- Making the most of pension lump sums: overview for contractors Sep 1 08:36
- Umbrella company tribunal cases are opening up; are your wages subject to unlawful deductions, too? Aug 31 08:38
- Contractors, relabelling 'labour' as 'services' to appear 'fully contracted out' won't dupe IR35 inspectors Aug 31 08:30
- How often does HMRC check tax returns? Aug 30 08:27
- Work-life balance as an IT contractor: 5 top tips from a tech recruiter Aug 30 08:20
- Autumn Statement 2023 tipped to prioritise mental health, in a boost for UK workplaces Aug 29 08:33
- Final reminder for contractors to respond to the umbrella consultation (closing today) Aug 29 08:09
- Top 5 most in demand cyber security contract roles Aug 25 08:38
- Changes to the right to request flexible working are incoming, but how will contractors be affected? Aug 24 08:25
Leave a comment: