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Get data of old external drives

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  • 25-04-2014 8:21am
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    flemishgael
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭


    I have a couple of old external drives/multimedia drives that stopped working for some reason but I kept them hoping I would one day get the data stored on them from them.
    Is that possible and if yes, how?
    Are there any shoos in Cork/Munster that would do that sort of thing?
    I have no idea what is on the drives, could be anything from photos of Jessica Alba to essays I wrote earlier in my career and research work, so it might not be worth it.


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    davo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 3,318 ✭✭✭davo2001


    Depends what the problem with the disk was. If it was a physical issue with the heads/platters then it would cost alot and would hardly be worth your while.


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    flemishgael
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭flemishgael


    davo2001 wrote: »
    Depends what the problem with the disk was. If it was a physical issue with the heads/platters then it would cost alot and would hardly be worth your while.
    I'm not sure if that is the issue. It could well be.


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    johndoe99
    Registered Users Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭johndoe99


    you can buy a hard drive enclosure, and attach your external hard drive (if it can be dismantled). Easy to do, no experience needed. This will work if the circuit board on the External Hard Drive failed.

    If the external hard drives failed because of physical damage to the platters or read/write head (like you dropped it), then a specialist would be needed, this is very expensive.


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    rolliepoley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭rolliepoley


    Sometimes only the pcb fail on a hard drive, if you can get a matching pcb of the drive, and try to see if it powers up you might have a good chance of getting your data off them, and thats only if the pcb was'nt fried.


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    riclad
    Registered Users Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IDE-SATA-Caddy-HDD-Hard-Disk-Drive-USB-Dock-Docking-/150634131428

    ide, sata dock, will Allow connection of any drive to a pc.
    3.5, or 2.5 inch sata, ide drives.


    http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/sharkoon-2535-inch-sataide-usb-dock-a12jy

    i recommend the sharkoon dock,
    IF you are using old type ide drives.

    There,s cheaper docks that just have a 2.5 3.5 inch sata drive interface.


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