Comments on: Recover Laptop Data [Computers]

By: Laptop AC Adapter

Laptop AC Adapter — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:10:26 +0000

Great tip It's such a pain if your adapter dies and you can't wait to access your data from your laptop until you can find a new one!

By: hair loss product

hair loss product — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:26:23 +0000

Oh these are so lengthy. I will just go to a data recovery office and they will do all the things.

By: iPod

iPod — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:39:23 +0000

Thanks for this. Recently my cousin spilt beer on his father's laptop. This method may just come in handy!

John

By: sbspalding

sbspalding — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:17:14 +0000

This is really excellent advice, and anyone who is jumping into data
recovery (especially in less than simple cases) would do well to heed it.

By: Mark Sear

Mark Sear — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:13:21 +0000

This is one approach but needs to be done with care. It is easy to damage a disk when removing it and fitting it into another enclosure, and if the actual problem is hardware related it is not going to help.
There is also the risk that repeated attempts to access data from a disk where the problem is down to internal damage could be making the situation worse, in fact unrecoverable.
It is worth getting advice from someone who understands how hard disks work and who might be able to determine the problem from your description of the symptoms. I work for a data recovery company, I can assure you that a recovery when there is a hardware or serious logical problem will cost a lot more than $100, but any recovery company who takes money when there is not really an issue is not playing fair.
Of course keeping a backup is the best option.

By: Sanjeev Mehra

Sanjeev Mehra — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:02:06 +0000

Nice trick , it would come in handy most of the times but the only issue is people should be able to remove the hard drive and attach the USB port to a working computer properly.

By: Ps3

Ps3 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:53:55 +0000

Really useful thanks
But how about jsut keeping a back up on a simpletech drive o somehtign liek that

By: sbspalding

sbspalding — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:35:20 +0000

Absolutely, great additions.

By: Atlanta PC Repair Guy

Atlanta PC Repair Guy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:31:26 +0000

Make sure you get the enclosure that can handle your drive. Keep in mind there are different connectors. IDE, Ultra ATA, Serial ATA, Parallel ATA. They actually sell external cases that will handle all 3, they cost around $20 at specialty stores.

Keep in mind, now you have an external hard drive, so you can use that hard drive to back up data, etc.

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:55:51 +0000

An HD enclosure saved my life, basically. Good post.