Hello nerds,
I thought I should seek some expert assistance on a pressing computer problem I have. A laptop hard drive appears to have crashed (yeah, I was too lazy to keep up-to-date backups). It all started when said laptop told me there was a boot error or something and since then I have not been able to access the drive by any means. There are no unusual rattles or sounds or other obvious signs of physical damage. I have tried two USB external enclosures on two desktop machines with no luck. It just freezes. I just tried a program I googled for this problem (Recuva) and it too just froze, so do any of you have suggestions on what hardware or software might be helpful in this situation? Thanks a lot, if so.

-Z

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/15761/recover-data-like-a-forensics-expert-using-an-ubuntu-live-cd/

what if you have the hard drive out of the computer? My laptop crashed

months ago and they put in a new hard drive and gave me back the old

one, so now i have this little green circuit board thing that they said they

could not recover but i wonder about that.

i dont care about it, just wondered.

It's your BF, Refton! .. SURELY you recognize his nasty response
to you!!? ... lol ...

=-O .. ;-D .. *cackles*

lol my bf :P

I dont think he would want me to die so im not so sure it was him :)

Or maybe it's Warrior.

sometimes if you freeze the drive it will work again till it thaws. put it in the freezer for a few hours then try hooking it up.

ya, you should put it in an airtight ziplock bag when you freeze it...

i fink you will have to go for hirens boot cd and the will be no problem retreiving your data