Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 23:39:20 +0100 From: Shamim Shahriar <shamim.shahriar@gmail.com> To: Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Recovering data from a broken HDD Message-ID: <b1f1a0bd-bb03-3301-af92-ad17a1292614@gmail.com>
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Good evening all, hope everyone is well. a little background: I have a couple of portable HDD. One of them was dropped a few weeks back, and then the computer stopped recognising it and asked it to be formatted. Once formatted, it appeared to start working again -- even though all previous data had been lost, and no, I am not trusting that device to hold any important data. Last week, another HDD slipped through the hands (literally). This one too is showing the same/similar symptoms as the previous one. I believe that the data is still there, but somehow the alignment has shifted and hence the HDD controller is unable to provide the data. I am wondering, can anyone please suggest a data recovery programme that I can try on the drive? The HDD being not in the western/relatively-more-techy region cannot be sent to a data recovery company (and I have been told they cost you a fortune), but have access to m$ or Mac or Linux or BSD systems. So if anyone could please suggest something to try on (Yes, I had been on google, and found a huge amount of tools -- but I would much rather try out something that someone has already tried and can give some insight on). Thanks and regards
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