My hard drive crashed won't read, on my desktop pavilion Windows 7 and I have a lot of stuff I need on there....I plan on purchasing another hard drive so that I can transfer needed information to new hard drive. Can this be done? Is this what a slave drive is? and do I need a certain other cable to do this and what is that cable called? Thank you!
Slave Drive for Hard Drive
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Mattios
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If it won't read then it's unlikely you'll get any data from it yourself.
Slave/master drives generally come from the early 2000s, when cables required drives to be set to slave and master, not at all any more.
If you need that data then unfortunately you'll need to pay for data recovery.
Slave/master drives generally come from the early 2000s, when cables required drives to be set to slave and master, not at all any more.
If you need that data then unfortunately you'll need to pay for data recovery.
SuperSoph_WD
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Welcome to the TH forum, RudyGrace!
How did your HDD fail? I'd recommend you to run diagnostic HDD tests using the manufacturer's brand-specific drive tool. This will help you determine the health and S.M.A.R.T. status of the drive. In case you are unable to find such tool on your HDD manufacturer's website, you can refer to this thread from the community for some third-party suggestions: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility
Unfortunately, if the HDD is failing/dying, it's highly recommended that you DON'T clone the drive and simply transfer only the files you can access. If there's more that you wish to retrieve, I'd suggest you to consider turning to a professional data recovery company for help.
Afterwards, get rid of the bad drive and contact the HDD customer support, if it's still under warranty. Here's an article you might find interesting about having multiple storage drives in your system: http://www.howtogeek.com/172545/7-tips-for-using-multiple-hard-drives-with-windows/
Hope I was helpful.
Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
How did your HDD fail? I'd recommend you to run diagnostic HDD tests using the manufacturer's brand-specific drive tool. This will help you determine the health and S.M.A.R.T. status of the drive. In case you are unable to find such tool on your HDD manufacturer's website, you can refer to this thread from the community for some third-party suggestions: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility
Unfortunately, if the HDD is failing/dying, it's highly recommended that you DON'T clone the drive and simply transfer only the files you can access. If there's more that you wish to retrieve, I'd suggest you to consider turning to a professional data recovery company for help.
Afterwards, get rid of the bad drive and contact the HDD customer support, if it's still under warranty. Here's an article you might find interesting about having multiple storage drives in your system: http://www.howtogeek.com/172545/7-tips-for-using-multiple-hard-drives-with-windows/
Hope I was helpful.
Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
master/slave drive technology is only a term these days.
You can try connecting the drive to your USB port and see if you can retrieve anything. If not then I guess its pretty much toasted and all you can do is as suggested above turn to a professional data recovery company
Feeling adventurous? Look at this (AT YOUR OWN RISK) -> http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/how-to/a3086/hard-drive-recovery/
You can try connecting the drive to your USB port and see if you can retrieve anything. If not then I guess its pretty much toasted and all you can do is as suggested above turn to a professional data recovery company
Feeling adventurous? Look at this (AT YOUR OWN RISK) -> http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/how-to/a3086/hard-drive-recovery/
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