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and i just spent 30 bucks on dubstep and other random tunes at bleep.com.

please cry 4 meeeee.

KION wrote:http://www.pricerunner.com/1/2/7702-external-drive.html

sadly, it was a seagate that did the doodoo.

so i have two options right now.

i can take the loss, and get another drive (it was only 7 mos. old...still warranteed). or i can have my superman tech friend crack 'er open, void the warranty, but possibly recover some of my files (keep in mind a large part of those files were wavs for use in ableton with hours and hours of work already put in warping the tunes...thank god a good chunk of them were already on the laptop drive).

so i put up a poll! y'all can help me decide!

yay!!! i had a few of the newer tracks i bought (including emalkay's new one on boka...drool) on my iPod, and i just figured out how to transfer from iPod back to computer. this is GOOD.

crack it open, had the same problem on my hard drive, saved about half the stuff with a program i got.

you should definitely be able to recover some, most or all stuff.

if its not a mechanical damage try "Get Data Back for NTFS AND FAT v3.03 Data Recovery Software" ...my hdd crashes and this tool right here save all my data...also he can recover deleted files...really good prog

i used this...worked pretty good.

http://www.r-studio.com/

my problem is that my puter (any puter we have tried) cannot recognize the drive anymore. so not sure that software will work. what were you guys' experiences with hd failure?

there's loads of programs out there that you can have a rummage around the drive with, in fact most of the companies offering data recovery services just use programs that're either freeware or 30-50 quid to get yourself

give RecoverMyFiles a go, geezer at work got back 50-odd gigs worth of stuff from a knackered hd. it'll work even if your computer doesn't recognise the drive as a drive, although i think the file structure is lost so you have to know each individual filename that you're looking for. you can't search for or restore an entire folder, but can do it for each individual file within the folder. i think.

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YAY!!! thus far i have no idea what files have been recovered...all i know is that my tech guy cracked the drive and HAS found much of what was on it.

thanks for all yer advice and shizz...

cross yer fingers for me!