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xp: data recovery for mac hard drive?
Hi there, I have only posted here once or twice, but I desperately need some advice. I posted this on my local board (DC), but I thought I'd check here as well:
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despite my subject line, I'm trying not to be too dramatic about this and keep things in perspective. but OMG, you guys...my HARD DRIVE IS DEAD. and only a fraction of everything that was on my computer was backed up (because I'm a giant idiot).
we're talking all of my pictures of warner, wedding pictures, and all my music. what the fuuck was my problem that I didn't think to back all those up when I was obsessively backing up my school work???
anyway, does anyone know of a local data recovery service?
at the apple store they said that they don't do data recovery and aren't allowed to recommend anyone, but that it's possible that my info can be recovered. so, with that small glimmer of hope in mind, has anyone done this or have a data recovery service to recommend?
the other frustrating thing about this situation is that my hard drive failing was a "known problem" with my type of macbook. they replaced the hard drive for free, but wtf?? if it was a known problem why didn't they let me know BEFORE my hard drive imploded?????
Re: xp: data recovery for mac hard drive?
We'll just not tell H about this little fact, m'kay?
Unless the hard drive has lost it's file allocation tables, the data can be recovered. You can't tell this without plugging it into another machine though.
1) You need a USB to SATA/IDE cable. Find one on www.cdw.com, and order it. When it comes in, follow the instructions to install it on a *different* machine than the one w/ the dead HD.
2) Buy an external hard drive for data storage. Install it on the other computer (not dead HD machine).
3) Take the dead HD out of it's machine (ask a geeky person to help if needed). It's basically just unscrewing a bunch of things - keep track of what you do so you can do it in reverse to put it back together. If you already have the dead HD out, you win.
4) Follow the instructions that came with the USB to SATA/IDE cable to connect it to the dead HD. You should hear it start to run once powered on. Then follow the instructions to connect it to the working machine.
5) Open "My Computer" on the working machine, and look for the connected dead HD to appear under
, E: or F: (whatever external drives usually appear as). Double-click it to open. If you are unable to double-click and open it, PM me.
6) Most user data is stored in the C:Documents and Settings folder, under the user profile (read: folder with the name you use to log in with on that machine). So if I wanted to find my data, I would go to C:Documents and Settings heluckykiwi folder. Explore each folder here to see where you have data.
7) Connect your external hard drive to the working machine. Select the data you want to save and move it to the external hard drive. Repeat for all data you want in the user profile.
8) Take a last look through user profile to ensure you have recovered all of the data (ie match what's in the profile with what's in the external HD - make sure you have everything you need). Then safely remove hardware for both.
9) Tada! You have recovered your own data. PM me for questions, I'd be happy to help.