since the head is damaged there is no other way to recover the data and also i dont think service centers can recover the data cause the head or the neadle must have touched the disk and scratched it a little even a .1inch scratch damages many sectors so there is no point wasting money
On 3/4/15, muruganandan.k <send2...@gmail.com> wrote: > hello Austin Pinto, > sorry for interveening in the discussion, thought of asking you and > other experts on the list about my Hard disc problem: > > I had a Western Digital (WD) external hard disc of 1 TB capacity. When > the Disc was running, I placed my hand on the disc with force. Being a > totally blind, I placed my hand hard on the disc in stead of the table > surface where I had kept the disc. The disc stopped functioning and I > was told in the service centers that a part called 'head' is damaged > with the disc. They told me that they will be able to recover the data > 100%, but demanded 42000 for the work. Some of my friends told its not > possible to recover all the data. The disc of course cannot be used > further. Since I had the primary sources of my research work recorded > in audio format, I tried with some other service centers which came > down to Rs.25000 for the recovery. My doubts are: > Is it possible to retrieve the entire data in this case? > Is it possible to recover the data at some lesser cost than Rs.25000? > I tried in Chennai alone. > > Or any other option possible for data recovery? > > thanks and regards. > > On 3/4/15, Austin Pinto <austinpinto.xavi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> ok lets try to recover your data first. >> 1. go to control pannel and then to administration tools and then to >> computer manager then disk manager. >> 2. if u press tab ull get a list of partitions and at the end of the >> partition there will be a drive letter just find a partition with no >> drive letter the size should be around 180 to 200 gb press >> applications key and select assign drive letter dont assign drive >> letter a. >> if u can find it and if u assign your drive letter then your data is >> back. >> if u cant find it then oh no we cant recover your data atlist not all >> of your data. >> 2. making your drive usable. >> if your data was not found then dont worry in step i will show u how >> to recover atlist some of it. >> now lets make your drive usable. >> 1. warning remove any external storage devices from your pc only attch >> your external hard drive on which u are having problem. >> 2. now your pc should have only 2 drives. >> 3. now go to start and open command prompt as a administrator. >> 4. now type this commands 1 after the another and press enter after >> each ill explain what the commands do. >> diskpart >> list disk >> select disk number >> clean >> create partition primary >> >> commands explained. >> diskpart. >> command to start the diskpart.exe >> list disk >> lists disk in disk part windo now u need to hear the disk number and >> disk size carefully selecting the wrong disk may fully screw up your >> system >> select disk >> now depending on what number the disk part gives u for your external >> disk when u type list disk mostly the disk on which your windows is is >> disk 0 so dont select disk 0 mostly its disk 1 or disk 2 depending on >> if your pc has a memmory card reader. >> it will also tell u the size so u will come to know which number is >> your external disk is. >> clean. >> this command clears the partition tables, mbr and any data which >> exists on your drive but dont worry we can still recover your data >> even after that. >> create partition primary creats a primeary raw partition on your hard >> drive >> >> after it says cleaning successfull. >> close the command windo all opperations with the command prompt is done. >> now open the disk manager refer to step 1 on how to do that. >> then press tab and u will find a list of partitions and there should >> be 1 unnamed partition of size around 232 gb. >> press applications key and do this in order. >> 1. select format drive. >> 2. keep file system as ntfs note if any1 is trying this with a >> pendrive of 4gb or smaller the file system should be fat32. >> 3. set any name and do a quick format. >> 4. now click close on the format dialog. >> 5. again press applications key and select assign drive letter and >> click on change and assign anything but not a and thats it your drive >> is usable again. >> >> 3. now lets try to recover your data. >> 1. download requva its free. >> 2. install it and connect your external drive. >> 3. open requva and click next then tell it to surch on a spacific >> location and browse to the root of your external drive. >> 4. select show all files. >> 5. on the next screen u can check the box that says enable deap scan. >> 6. now this will take a long time may be 2 to 3 hours. >> 7. now it will give u a list of files that it has found. >> 8. on your d drive or e drive make a folder called recovered. >> 9. select all files by pressing applications and select select all. >> 10 now save the files in the recovered folder. >> 11. warning dont save any recovered files to external drive. >> 12. now after it saved it will give u a last screen in which it tells >> u fully recovered somany files and parchally recovered somany files. >> 13. now you can copy the files on your external drive and enjoy! >> >> On 3/3/15, bhawani shankar verma <bsvermad...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> you have to clear the entire partition of your external hard drive. >>> formatting disk and clearing partition, both are different thing. once >>> you >>> >>> have cleared all the partitions of your logical drives, you will >>> retrieve >>> your space. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "B. R. Nautial" <brnaut...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Access India" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 8:32 PM >>> Subject: [AI] Problem With External Hard-Disk >>> >>> >>>> Hello friends >>>> Have a nice day to all of you. >>>> Friends, I have a different kind of problem with one of my External >>>> hard-disk, having 250 gb of storage capacity. Actually, by mistake, I >>>> created recovery drive of my pc on that external disk instead of a pen >>>> drive, which was also attached with the pc on that occasion. After the >>>> completion of recovery drive, I couldn't understand, where the recovery >>>> drive is located cause I found my pen drive fully blank. Once I gone >>>> through the external drive, I was surprised to know that recovery drive >>>> has been created on my external drive instead of pen drive. >>>> When I try to locate other data of that hard-disk, I couldn't get nun >>>> of >>>> them. Finally, I came to know that the storage capacity of my external >>>> drive has already shrinked, showing just 32 gb instead of 250 gb. I >>>> formatted the drive with both fat and ntfs file system alternatively >>>> but >>>> couldn't get rest of data/space of my external hard-disk. >>>> Friends, let me know, whether is it possible to recover my data and >>>> storage capacity of the external hard-disk? >>>> With regards >>>> B. R. 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