Yesterday I have done two mistakes, turn on and off my external hard drive in a short period of time and also remove it from the computer without safely remove hardware because it always hang. Now it is unreadable and corrupted. Can anyone suggest me any software to use? Or is there any shop in Klang Valley that can fix, repair and recover data from a broken external hard drive? Any information and help would very much appreciated. I have too much important data in the 500gb external hard drive! Thanks in advance!

You can try using many softwares first. Got quite a few data recovery software even in LYN forum. Try searching.

The last time I tried to repair MBR but no avail. Then I tried to chkdsk /f also failed. Then finally I used the software and just transfer the files out through the software. The drawback is just that if you got 500gb of data you'll need 500gb of space to recover all of the data.

This post has been edited by LaiN87: Jun 28 2008, 02:46 AM

Thx! I also think the same. I'm going to buy another external hard drive. Do you know how much would it cost if I send it to shop to do all the data recovery?

huhu.. i suggest u better buy a new hddla..
before ive 400gb hdd..
died due to heavy torenting..
u know how much the price to recover all the data inside?
RM4k++..

i doubt its because of tat i pull my HDD in and out for 6 years also no problem. It could be u drop it

OMG RM4000++? I absolutely would not send it to shop then. Yup, I'm going to buy another external hard drive. However, I really need data from the existing external hard drive. I've read somewhere that I can actually partition the bad sectors? Will it delete the existing data in it? I was really hoping that I can recover back all the data intact. Huhu..

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Added on June 28, 2008, 3:26 amNope I didn't drop it. I did those 2 things that corrupt my HD, switch it on and off several times and remove the USB cable without Safely Remove Hardware. But I only did it yesterday for the first time. Waaa

This post has been edited by adammale: Jun 28 2008, 03:26 AM

i have 3 portable HDD also never got any problem.

1 120gb
1 160gb
1 250gb

I been doing what you been doing for the past 6 years.
Could it be face problem? haha just jk

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Jun 28 2008, 03:32 AM

My mistake is not partitioning it earlier and this problem would be solved easier. Any software that you would suggest me to use?

This post has been edited by adammale: Jun 28 2008, 03:43 AM

For me i recovered a 100% deleted data ive used R-Studio

if u buy and repair at the same time and place, try to ask for free reapir la.. hehe.. maybe it will work .... after all, if u spend at a shop, normally the shopkeeper will treat u with better services. right??

err... correct me if i'm wrong, low level format actually ERASE the data and not RECOVER the data rite??

I can do recover for 1/2 price

BIOS still detect HDD, there always hope for recovery. D.I.Y. = F.O.C.

depend on what you recovering.
for all data, get the new HDD => larger size (e.g. 200GB = 200GB/250GB)
partial document (e.g. *.doc *.xml) any size HDD will do. <= depend yr software support "recovery later"

there many data recovery software, try google.com
my fav getdataback

have u try remove HDD from external casing & plug direct to PC ? sometime could be external casing causing data corruption

can r-studio get the data from corrupted hard drive. currently i'm trying stellar phoenix file recovery. i've tried zero assumption recovery but failed

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Added on June 28, 2008, 3:17 pmthanks. how much will it cost me to recover about 300gb data from a 500gb external hd?

yup, i'm currently trying out several data recovery software.

i haven't tried to remove HDD from external casing yet because i bought it as an external set. maybe ishould try it but i'm afraid opening the external casing might cause more damage. advice?

thanks for your help! appreciate it




This post has been edited by adammale: Jun 28 2008, 03:17 PM

try Runtime GetBackData (somethin like that, nt sure). It works for me all the time. I hope u actually try and solve the problem without just complaining and resort to data recovery at shops.

DONT BE LAZY k... this is something new that u can learn too

Professional data recovery is an extreme measure, meant for people who have very important data and a very badly damaged hard drive.

My friend had a 40GB that he dropped from about 5ft (GG!) and as a result the circuitboard cracked. He had no choice so sent for prof data recovery - they take the platters out and perform magnetic scan 1 by 1. Cost - about 1k plus.

In your case, if it's just corrupt, yup, use software. Earlier there was a post about low level format. Do not do that lol.

A 500GB external HDD: that tells me that it is a 3.5 inch. And most likely a SATA these days.

Have you tried taking out the HDD and conecting it to the Mobo? I suspect it is a issue with the SATA-to-USB bus.

In anycase, I recommed connecting the HDD DIRECTLY to the mobo, not via the USB bus, if you want to perform any form of data recovery. Personally I have a beef with SATA-to-USB buses, but the fact still remains you need some sort of low level access to do some types of data recovery, which USB is not capable of.

Is it a 3.5" or 2.5" external HDD?

Bro..ur corrupt means u cannot access ur HDD but u still can see it in your Disk Management n BIOS? B'coz if u mention alwiz hang...i think ur HDD got problem...and yeah data recovery is VERY expensive

might be the external casing circuit is down...
try plugging into another external casing or plug directly into ur desktop if its a 3.5" hdd

It's been 2 days now and I'm trying on R-Studio. However, because I don't have much disk space left in my internal hard disk, I've tried to repartition it using Windows Vista disk management and now I'm in another trouble with partitions. Am trying to resolve it now. Will update you guys.

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Added on June 29, 2008, 9:06 pmI thought so. But if the external casing circuit is down, i can still see the hard disk in My Computer and also it is in RAW format

This post has been edited by adammale: Jun 29 2008, 09:06 PM

buy a new one laa

Just recreate the partition and format the hard disk and use [Recovery my file] software to retrieve back as many as data you can.

i'm using r-studio now. the first scan ok. but when i try scan again for the second time it stuck. bad luck

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Added on June 30, 2008, 8:05 amyup yup going to buy the 2.5" but need the data in 3.5" as well

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Added on June 30, 2008, 8:08 amOMG... yup, I already mark out professional data recovery from shop, so expensive! And yeah, I don't know a thing about low level format. Huhu...

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Added on June 30, 2008, 8:10 amI'm interested to know more about this method actually... However, although I haven't connect it directly to my mobo, I can still see the drive letter but it is in RAW format. Will I be able to see the real format of it (NTFS) if I take it out from the casing and connect it to my PC? But I'm so scared to open up the casing... Afraid that it might do further damage...

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Added on June 30, 2008, 8:12 amIt's 3.5". I'm thinking of buying another 2.5". Much more portable and hopefully, much safer to plug n play!

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Added on June 30, 2008, 9:28 amI try using R-Studio Data Recovery first and see if it succeeds. Actually at first scan I successfully view all the files but then I forgot to save the scan information and now I have to scan once more. This is my third day of attempting recovery. I even have to repartition my hard disk several times just to get ample disk space to fill the data. Wish me luck and will keep you updated!

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Added on July 1, 2008, 9:21 amtoday is the fourth day. i have successfully scan using r-studio but then during the recovery, it stuck in the middle. what heppen actually? and i want to know more about taking out the hard disk from the externalcasing. can it be done safely without damaging anything? mine is a complete set.

This post has been edited by adammale: Jul 1 2008, 09:21 AM

go to "Run" type "cmd" to insert to MS-DOS

then type in "chkdsk /f <yourdriveletter :>"

this may help u but not 100% data recover

I can try to recover ur data for you for free. If u wan la. PM me.

I can cod at seri kembangan, or all the way to klcc and wangsa maju area using mrr2.

Reason for doing this: Wanna test my pc skills.

This post has been edited by ff7yta: Jul 1 2008, 06:57 PM

how the progress???....im having problem too......but mine.....even i use desktop PC for my 2.5 sata 160g external hd to test it, my BIOS x even recognize it.....i think no power get in my hd.........

advice plez.....need urhelp