How to make bios detect a dead hard disk

[furqan_102]

I have Dell vostro 1014 with widnows 7 home as operating system. A month ago, my laptop fell from my bed and got shut. When I restarted it, it showed no hard disk drives detected. I have my personal data in the hard disk and i want to recover data from that dead hard disk. Is there any way to get that data back without using any sort of data recovery softwares.

Thanks and looking for the positive reponses, I hope some of you guys would be able to help me out.

FAH

 

[Hawkeye22]

A dead drive is a dead drive no matter what you do to it. You can't use recovery software if no computer will recognize the drive. You can try a recovery service if the data is that important to you, but be prepared to pay high prices.

 

[martin15]

Hi furqan,
Yes there is a way to recover data from dead hard drive. Some days back even i had faced a similar problem then i was very frustrated about it.How to recover data from dead hard drive was the only thing that was running in my mind then i made use of a software that was very effective in recovering my data. You can also download the free demo version and give it a try.

 

[Hawkeye22]

If there was a head crash due to the drop, software won't cut it. It would need to go to a recovery service where they would most likely install a new head assembly to read the data back.

 

[ngoy]

I have Dell vostro 1014 with widnows 7 home as operating system. A month ago, my laptop fell from my bed and got shut. When I restarted it, it showed no hard disk drives detected. I have my personal data in the hard disk and i want to recover data from that dead hard disk. Is there any way to get that data back without using any sort of data recovery softwares.

Thanks and looking for the positive reponses, I hope some of you guys would be able to help me out.

FAH

The only "good" thing that could have happened is that you shook the drive connector loose. Find out where the drive carrier is (typically need a panel popped out and/or a screw removed, pull out the drive and reseat it, screw back in, and try restarting. If that doesn't work you can try slaving the drive to a desktop using an adapter depending on whether the drive is a sata or ide drive and see if it shows up on the new pc.

But, if after the first reseating you can hear the drive clicking a whole bunch as your system tries to boot, then there is no hope except for a recovery service such as ontrack.

 

[eoinycroiny]

The only "good" thing that could have happened is that you shook the drive connector loose. Find out where the drive carrier is (typically need a panel popped out and/or a screw removed, pull out the drive and reseat it, screw back in, and try restarting. If that doesn't work you can try slaving the drive to a desktop using an adapter depending on whether the drive is a sata or ide drive and see if it shows up on the new pc.

But, if after the first reseating you can hear the drive clicking a whole bunch as your system tries to boot, then there is no hope except for a recovery service such as ontrack.

yes, try take the HDD out and re-seat it. had this happen and thats all i needed to do to fix it. if that doesnt work, take the drive out and put it into a desktop just like ngoy said. if it shows on your desktop computer and you are able to read/write data without any problems, then the hdd is fine and the problem is the laptop itself (a new HDD wont fix it). if the HDD doesnt work however you can try 2 things as a last ditch attempt to recover your data.

1: when you place the HDD in your desktop computer (before powering on) turn the HDD on its backside, side, vertically etc. try have the drive everyway possible, it may free any stuck heads and give you time to recover data. make sure the drive is powered off or the disks are not spinning before you move it around. i have a HDD that only works when its lying on its backside lol

2:take the HDD out of the laptop, place it in a ziplock back and squeeze out as much air as possible then seel the bag. place the hdd in the freezer over night and the put it into you laptop or desktop pc. freezing it will cause the heads to shrink or contrct from the cold. this could also dislodge any stuck heads.


tip: if you get the drive to work, make sure you DO NOT copy multiple items. dont copy one file and while thats copying start to copy another file, this can cause it to lock up and fail. you can copy multiple files in one go ok, for example: selecting 100+ files at once and copying them is ok. this only opens one transphere window.