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Damaged HD - Data recovery

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hiran1974

hiran1974

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Feb 8, 2002
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I have a IBM laptop hard drive that is not recognized in the BIOS (have tried connecting to other laptops and even through a desktop connection). Is there any software utility that I could boot to through a CD that would allow me to recover data?
 
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If drive is not recognised in the bios (of several machines), then software isn't going to be able to access it. Sounds like you need a (expensive) data recovery agent if the data is that important.
 
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If you have or can get hold of an identicle drive it may be worth swapping over the circuit boards to see if the problem lies here (Rather than a mechanical problem, although these are usually still detected in the BIOS).
 
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Thank you for your responses. The data is not that critical - so I think I'll just let it go. I unfortuntaley do not have another drive. But thanks for the feedback.
 
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