http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Data from "click of death" hard drive en Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:22:04 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/data-from-click-of-death-hard-drive#post-22049 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:45:28 +0000 Lighthouse 22049@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@whs. You can mess up another system by plugging in a defective drive (in an external case) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/data-from-click-of-death-hard-drive#post-22048 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:45:00 +0000 Lighthouse 22048@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@whs. You can mess up another system by plugging in a defective drive (in an external case) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/data-from-click-of-death-hard-drive#post-22047 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:39:56 +0000 whs 22047@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>At least you don't mess up another PC. I would not want to risk another system. The $20 for an enclosure may be a good investment in this case. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/data-from-click-of-death-hard-drive#post-22036 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:50:58 +0000 Lighthouse 22036@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@whs. The same warning applies with using external enclosures. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/data-from-click-of-death-hard-drive#post-22035 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:48:25 +0000 whs 22035@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>If the heads are bent, that's the end. And stay away from the data recovery companies. No good! If you want to try outside the laptop, take the disk out and put it into an external USB harddrive enclosure like the ones on this page <a href='http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Hard-drive-enclosures/sem/rpsm/catOid/-18021/N/20012961+20012973+20018021/link/ref/rpem/ccd/categorylist.do'>http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Hard-drive-enclosures/sem/rpsm/catOid/-18021/N/20012961+20012973+20018021/link/ref/rpem/ccd/categorylist.do</a> This is much safer than risking another PC. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/data-from-click-of-death-hard-drive#post-22031 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:09:02 +0000 Budohorseman 22031@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Also be warned that most data recovery companies will charge you an arm and a leg, possibly a kidney and your spleen too. Also note that most of them do not have a clean room rated for opening a Hard Disk and will just try to do a data transfer. Chances are if the drive is bad you'll just have to write off that data. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/data-from-click-of-death-hard-drive#post-22029 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:58:19 +0000 Lighthouse 22029@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Oh dear. You could try taking the hard disk out, and trying it in another laptop first.<br /> BE WARNED. This does involve a certain amount of risk for the computer you try it out in. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/data-from-click-of-death-hard-drive#post-22027 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:49:22 +0000 Langers59 22027@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Son came home from Uni with his laptop that was dropped onto a hard floor - it's a no brainer and insurance will pay up. Screen smashed and it appears that the hard drive heads are not engaging - I beleive this is a 'click of death' scenerio - it tries to start, but soon gives up after a few noises. How successfull is it to purcahse a SATA /USB cable to try and get the Uni work etc off, or would it be better if a 'data recovery' company has a go - if so, anyone recommend one ? </p>