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mwillmoth · 06-03-2006, 02:13 PM

Hi, all!

I have been wrestling with a laptop hard drive crash. It was running merrily along when the screen went black. When I powered it back up it would not boot, giving me an error on trying to read the drive. I ended up calling Compaq for tech support, only to be told the drive was bad and that I'd have to send it in for a new drive. When I asked about the data on the old one they said "use backups to restore". At this point I removed the drive and bought an external enclosure. Plugging it into my USB port on my desktop it was not recognized at all. It appears to be graveyard. The laptop is out of warranty.

Does anyone have any suggestions on data recovery other than a service?

Thanks in advance.

Mike

06-03-2006, 02:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
mwillmoth Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 2	Laptop Hard Drive Crash Hi, all! I have been wrestling with a laptop hard drive crash. It was running merrily along when the screen went black. When I powered it back up it would not boot, giving me an error on trying to read the drive. I ended up calling Compaq for tech support, only to be told the drive was bad and that I'd have to send it in for a new drive. When I asked about the data on the old one they said "use backups to restore". At this point I removed the drive and bought an external enclosure. Plugging it into my USB port on my desktop it was not recognized at all. It appears to be graveyard. The laptop is out of warranty. Does anyone have any suggestions on data recovery other than a service? Thanks in advance. Mike