Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 17:51:02 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Shamim Shahriar <shamim.shahriar@gmail.com> Cc: Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recovering data from a broken HDD Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK3KbLdebNVLk0wGoBYfoha8XOD2sJ4D65xmzAEh%2BYdkbA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b1f1a0bd-bb03-3301-af92-ad17a1292614@gmail.com> References: <b1f1a0bd-bb03-3301-af92-ad17a1292614@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Shamim Shahriar <shamim.shahriar@gmail.com> wrote: > 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). > recoverdisk(1) -- Adam
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