BF2S Forums Saving Data from a broken HD

mr.hrundi wrote:

It has no physical damage, it probably are the mechanical parts that are broken.

This sentence is illogical.

You can't recover the data yourself. Nor can you swap over controller boards anymore, it used to work in some instances, but doesn't now.

You could get the data recovered professionally, but we're talking about a LOT of money.

AussieReaper wrote:

Finray wrote:

AussieReaper wrote:

This sentence is illogical.

Like your existance.

Words hurt, finray. you failed abortion

Kiss kiss.

*sees spoiler*



mf.

Last edited by Finray (2009-06-13 06:31:50)

mr.hrundi wrote:

Bertster7 wrote:

You can't recover the data yourself. Nor can you swap over controller boards anymore, it used to work in some instances, but doesn't now.

You could get the data recovered professionally, but we're talking about a LOT of money.

when you mean it used to work, does that really mean it doesn't work with this one? Keep in mind that it's already about 5 years old.

A LOT of money is definately too much, after all it's probably only a few pictures...

It used to be that the stuff on the PCB was identical across a whole range of drives, either that or they weren't as fussy. These days you need to have an exact same drive model, from the same batch, from the same factory, made in the same week. Even then some drives even have unique identifiers so it isn't guaranteed to work.

You will not be able to get a drive that matches yours.

In any case, PCB replacements are only going to repair faults to the PCB. If the problem isn't with them (which it often isn't) then this will achieve nothing other than most likely frying the whole drive (they CAN catch on fire).

Data recovery typically costs about £200-£10000.