Recovering corrupted hard drive?

[stdreb27]

Does anyone has software that would work recovering a hard drive the NTFS partition is corrupted. But the FATS recovery partition is still readable. I'm trying to get a .pst file off of it. And a couple of excel spread sheets. And I really don't have any good software for that.

 

[shogun323]

Have you tried to pull the HD and put it in a USB drive and extract data that way? Depending on what all is corrupt it usually works.

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by shogun323
http:///forum/post/3011195
Have you tried to pull the HD and put it in a USB drive and extract data that way? Depending on what all is corrupt it usually works.
that is what I'm doing now. I'm trying to explore it in an enclosure. Right now I'm running Get Data Back. Hopefully this works. IF you have any other suggestions preferable free I'd welcome it.

 

[shogun323]

I usually explore it like you are through the enclosure and then copy and paste. If that doesnt work, I just yell at my users for storing important data locally instead of on the network.

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by shogun323
http:///forum/post/3011216
I usually explore it like you are through the enclosure and then copy and paste. If that doesnt work, I just yell at my users for storing important data locally instead of on the network.

Well this data is actually worth quite a bit of $$ time wise. So 80 bucks for recovery software... And a cool toy... That I don't have to pay for.

 

[fenrir]

Before you buy anyhting try Recuva first. I have retrieved a few pst files before using it. Heres the link: http://www.filehippo.com/download_recuva/

 

[scsinet]

There is a utility out there called Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery. Best recovery software I've ever seen.
It can read NTFS tables raw, so as long as the drive is physically functional, and the data is intact on the platters, it'll come back.

 

[stdreb27]

Originally Posted by SCSInet
http:///forum/post/3012524
There is a utility out there called Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery. Best recovery software I've ever seen.
It can read NTFS tables raw, so as long as the drive is physically functional, and the data is intact on the platters, it'll come back.
I'll try that next time, maybe. Get data now worked quite well.