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Getting data off a damaged external hard drive

10-08-2010 4:36pm

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gowayouttadat

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Are there companies that specialise in getting data off a damaged external hard drive?? Would anyone have the details?

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#2 10-08-2010 5:41pm

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There are, they charge an arm & leg. Check out a new enclosure/circuit board first. Search for other threads here on similar topics.

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#3 11-08-2010 12:30pm

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gowayouttadat wrote: »

Are there companies that specialise in getting data off a damaged external hard drive?? Would anyone have the details?

What do youi mean by "damaged"? I spend half my week doing data-recovery and the success rate depends depends a lot on whether the drive is corrupted or is physically damaged!

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