# anyway to get info off a dead hardrive? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 3, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833 "2003-12-03T10:09:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/1 "2003-12-03T10:09:40Z")
my hard drive decided to die yesterday in the middle of file transfers so i was wondering if there is any way i can get any of the information off of it. ---
**Author:** ![BlackZ28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackz28/32/5932_2.png) [@BlackZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlackZ28)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/2 "2003-12-03T10:10:40Z")
not that i know of…sorry ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/3 "2003-12-03T10:24:37Z")
There is but it is expensive. Someone from my last company needed some stuff off a hard drive and it was around $1000 to get it. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/4 "2003-12-03T10:31:28Z")
depends on what you mean by ‘died’ does it spin? take power? did it die windows-wise, or hardware…? ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/5 "2003-12-03T10:37:41Z")
^ what he said. If it spins and most of the partition is in tact then its possible to recover the data. If it involve physically rebuilding the drive then your talkin much loot $$$ ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/6 "2003-12-03T10:44:16Z")
well i hear it turn on and run and it gets warm i just cant boot up my computer with it you gotta remember i am not to good with computers well with technical stuff atleast ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/7 "2003-12-03T10:53:05Z")
whats the error message your getting? ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/8 "2003-12-03T10:56:22Z")
it wont detect prim master or something a long those lines… goes to auto detect and soesnt find it ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/9 "2003-12-03T11:28:27Z")
sounds like you forgot to reset teh jumper!!! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/10 "2003-12-03T11:31:32Z")
-turn it off. open up the computer case. check the power cables coming from the power supply and check the ribbon cables from the mainboard and make sure they are fully pushed into the socket on the drive. -turn it on. -when the computer brand logo comes up, look for ‘BIOS’ menu prompt -hold the [delete] key or F1/F2 depending what brand computer; this will take you into the BIOS menu -once you get into the BIOS look for something along the lines of IDE devices or hard drives. you should have 2 IDE contollers / 2 channels per controller, for a total of 4 channels -check to see if hard disk 0 shows up on the 1st channel give an update, go from there hope that helps ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/11 "2003-12-03T11:32:29Z")
but yeah… if this is the drive that you slaved to transfer files then you just forgot to reset the jumper… if it’s the same HD you’ve been using for ever… then open the case and make sure the IDE is tight on the HD and on the board… if both of those things didn’t work… get into the BIOS and reset to default settings and try to get it to find the HD i’m guessing on jumpers though. :tounge: ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/12 "2003-12-03T11:36:15Z")
^yea but he said it died during transfer, if it was an issue with the jumpers then there would have been a conflict at the BIOS level and he wouldnt even be able to start a file transfer let alone boot the computer ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/13 "2003-12-03T11:43:07Z")
i reset the jumpers and all that so i have no clue now… i dunno how to do the shit in the bios though… tried playing around with it last night… it was asking me for a boot disk though… imma go buy one and if i can get it to work ill leave it alone. if not ill just put the new one in. ---
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/14 "2003-12-03T11:47:53Z")
computer geeks suck, they no too much stuff just off the top of their head :0 ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/15 "2003-12-03T12:28:51Z")
yeah… my bad. i thought the drive was used in another computer as a slave and you just tried to put it back in… i would make sure you have the correct jumper settings… as in go to the manufators website in the technical section and find the jumper settings for that HD… i would try master… OR cable select theni would just make sure you are using the same IDE clip… the ribbon wire. ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/16 "2003-12-03T13:48:48Z")
there is a place that fixes hard drives …but it cost a lot…the place is called drive savers ---
**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/17 "2003-12-03T16:44:52Z")
eh i said fuck it and bought a new 120 gig for like 110 now all i have to do is call microsoft ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/18 "2003-12-03T17:34:12Z")
pop in a windows xp cd and boot it up ---
**Author:** ![berad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/berad/32/5953_2.png) [@berad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/berad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/19 "2003-12-03T19:15:34Z")
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**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833/20 "2003-12-05T07:22:04Z")
> _Originally posted by turbovw18_ > **pop in a windows xp cd and boot it up** wish it was that easy all i have is the xp upgrade and my 98 cd is scrathed to all hell [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyway-to-get-info-off-a-dead-hardrive/162833.md?page=2)