Dead harddrive

[Shawn]

So I'm pretty sure i fried my harddrive after i moved (so no gaming for a bit) but I'm wondering if you guys know of some cheap good ones i can get to replace it and if there is anyway i can recover files and whatnot from the old one

The one i was useing was the seagate 7200 750gig

[Loke]

It's dead. No recovering files etc.
Just browse some part retailers:
www.ncix.ca is my favourite. Canadian, too!

[Shawn]

It's dead. No recovering files etc.

From my understanding it depends on the damage of the drive, i know some places that do data recovery but they probably charge an arm and a leg to do it i was just hoping someone knew of a "cheap" way of doing it at home instead of bringing it in.

[Loke]

From my understanding it depends on the damage of the drive, i know some places that do data recovery but they probably charge an arm and a leg to do it i was just hoping someone knew of a "cheap" way of doing it at home instead of bringing it in.

How old is the drive?

[Shawn]

How old is the drive?

Close to 5 years so not that "old" considering i still have one somewhere from the late 90's Lmao

[blαh2355]

Do you have a strong magnet? If you do, pass it over the hard drive for about 10 times. Now it is fixed.

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jk, that sucks though.

[Shawn]

Do you have a strong magnet? If you do, pass it over the hard drive for about 10 times. Now it is fixed.

Sure I'll get right on that right after i delete systems32

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And ya it sucks I have all my pictures on there which is what i want/need back.

[๖Ϝцzsioᴎ]

Do you have a strong magnet? If you do, pass it over the hard drive for about 10 times. Now it is fixed.

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jk, that sucks though.

Actually. that does work sometimes, worst that could happen is completely ruining the drive, best that can happen is that it fixes the damn thing.
Formats the drive yes, but it sometimes can fix it.
Don't do that unless you're out of options. (Or to be safer just send it in to WD or Seagate or whoever the hell you got it from.)
I have no idea what I'm talking about ;_;

[coolzeldad]

Depends on how it's damaged.

There are tools to recover certain sectors but it might not work very well for your case and can be extremely time consuming.

[Shawn]

Depends on how it's damaged.

There are tools to recover certain sectors but it might not work very well for your case and can be extremely time consuming.

So I'm just better off bringing it n and hoping for the best?