Uh Oh - hard drive not being recognized....

[66gtk]

Does anybody here know how to do data recovery, or can recommend an expert? My backup hard drive is no longer being recognized by my PC. I even took it out of the enclosure and hooked it directly to another PC. It worked for a while, but then couldn't be recognized again. It's not making any strange noises. Ideas?

Thanks,
Troy

[TF2v97SN]

d9's an it guy, ask him?

[DNeinstadt]

I think you got answers on facebook. The freezer trick might work but otherwise you're looking at Kroll Ontrack or another recovery place. Usually they are a couple of hundred bucks too...

[66gtk]

The freezer trick seems weird. Won't moisture damage the drive once it starts heating up? I guess I could try it..

[DNeinstadt]

It helps in some cases but the moisture doesn't get inside the sealed case I don't think and if it does, that's why you get one shot at it. :)

Is the drive making noise?

[66gtk]

Freezer for 3 hours, and I was able to get the drive through a long process of checkdisk, and now seems to be all good. Drive never made any strange noises.

[DNeinstadt]

Back it up, and don't trust it IMO... Do you have S.M.A.R.T enabled in the BIOS? That will help to alert you if a failure is on the way..