Hard-Drive Data Recovery

Hello,

I'm hoping someone in the know can give me some recommendation please.

I've recently dropped my Hitachi Tuoro (1TB) external hard drive. There was no external damage to the plastic casing but internally I must have dislodged something. Apparently, the drivers were not spinning. When connected to the computer you could hear a clicking noise.

Anyway, a Data Recovery Service have quoted £500+VAT to recover data. I had taken the drive to a newly formed Computer Repair shop near the Moor in the hope that they could look inside and possibly put back anything that was dislodged an no need for data recovery. Unfortunately, they couldn't do anything.

Is there any way to possibly recover the data without forking out £500+ to do so? I'm not bothered about the Hard Drive, I am happy to replace that. However, I'm more concerned about the files I have potentially lost.

Advice is welcome.

I have on several occasions, managed to recover data from supposedly broken hard drives. Has anybody actually tried to recover from it? A clicking sound may indicate a dislodged hard drive spindle, not always dead, pm me if you would like me to have a look.No charge for me having a go.Regards

How easy is it to remove the casing? Sometimes the caddys just contain a standard drive with an appropriate connection - have you tried searching YouTube to see if anyone has a similare external drive they took apart to put in a desktop?

Hard drives should never be taken apart unless done by a proper data recovery company.

If the platters have been disturbed or the motor damaged then I think you will be looking at sucking up the high price for data recovery.

Kroll OnTrack are a leading data recovery company, however they're not cheap.

Sounds like you need to think about how important your data is vs costs.

Hard drives should never be taken apart unless done by a proper data recovery company.

 

If the platters have been disturbed or the motor damaged then I think you will be looking at sucking up the high price for data recovery.

 

Kroll OnTrack are a leading data recovery company, however they're not cheap.

 

Sounds like you need to think about how important your data is vs costs.

Just for clarity I was not suggesting taking the hard drive itself apart - just asking how easy to remove from the plastic casing that holds the hard drive.

I would take Jerky up on his kind offer.

Give this guy a try..... http://stoneworldfuturetech.simplesite.com/

Have you tried Recuva Data Recovery? If you haven't, you must try it now. It's a freeware data recovery tool provided by Piriform. If this doesn't meet your requirements, you should try few commercialware tools. Currently market is full with such recovery tools. Most of the software vendors provide demo/trial version for free evaluation. So before you can purchase any such software, you must download free demo/trial version. By using demo/trial version, you can see what you could possibly recover from the hard disk before you can actually pay for the software. Only pay for the software when you are fully satisfied with the results. Also, don't forget to read the money-back policy.

Thanks.

I've used Recuva and found it worked well but OP has damaged the drive and it won't start up.

I've used Recuva and found it worked well but OP has damaged the drive and it won't start up.

Then I would say, recovery is impossible. Data can only be recovered in case of logical failure. Nothing can be done in case of physical failure. I beg your pardon if I'm wrong.

No you're right unless the hard disc is put in a different housing.

Then I would say, recovery is impossible. Data can only be recovered in case of logical failure. Nothing can be done in case of physical failure. I beg your pardon if I'm wrong.

A lot can be done in the case of physical failure but its a specialist job, hence the high prices for data recovery.