best way to recover data from messed up hard drive??

[ShinGamix]

my pc died and the hard drive crashed. Sent it off but they had to replace the hard drive. So they're sending my old one back. It has all my game work on it so what can i do to get the data???

 

[Andar]

either connect it internally (if you know how, don't experiment) or through an USB connector externally (might need to purchase an adapter if you don't have one, or an external HDD case)

 

[Jonforum]

@Andar say all,
also I advise you to do as I do(installing a cloud client), because if the hard drive will be dead, it becomes very expensive to recover data.

you can download this soft
you have 50Go free, and syncro your document game to your acount in the sofware.
Of that there is a change of some octet, it synchronizes the files on the server.

https://mega.nz/sync

 

[ShinGamix]

but I am trying to recover the meesed up hard drive files Jonforum.

 

[mogwai]

Diskdrill by Cleverfiles.

 

[ShinGamix]

Diskdrill by Cleverfiles.

Mac??? Is there a pc version???

 

[mogwai]

Mac is PC. It's 2017 and not 2004.

 

[TakeHomeTheCup]

Mac??? Is there a pc version???

I guess so? : https://www.cleverfiles.com/disk-drill-windows.html

 

[djDarkX]

Be warned that if it died due to physical damage, there is a really huge chance you're not getting that data back without taking it to a PC recovery place that does a service that usually costs over $600 USD. I lost two hard drives last year with a TON of information and I'm never getting that back. Still trying to get over that, but I can't. Either way, I can't afford that, so I never did it. If it was just a software issue, like Windows died and thus it can't be accessed, then using an external enclosure and using free/paid recovery software would be the best route.

Hope that it's only a slight software error and not physical damage death. Otherwise, RIP.

 

[Jonforum]

We have nothing without trying in life.

 

[djDarkX]

I've seen that before and what they don't tell you, at least not in this video, is that doing that is very dangerous for your hard drive. If there is a chance to fix it, doing that makes it so that you can't recover the data anymore because dust can land on the metal plates that hold the data and scratch the surface of them, thus rendering the drive and data completely useless. The service I talked about requires a clean room to replace the innards of the bad hard drive into a new one or to just fix the issue there, but the requirement of a clean room is what costs the most. I've done my research and trust me, I tried this and guess what. Did not work and only made things worse.

DIY videos aren't always trustworthy. Your mileage may vary and I'm trying to save him any further headaches.