I guess, you never dealt with service area failures. Until then folks try free software, paid software, freezer hacks, etc.There is free or paid software that is likely to do as good a job as these services.
What happened to the disk ?
What about the drive’s mfgr?
There is free or paid software that is likely to do as good a job as these services.
What happened to the disk ?
What do you think given the question asked?He didn't have any backups?
There is free or paid software that is likely to do as good a job as these services.
What happened to the disk ?
Sometimes maybe. If it is crucial to get the data from the disk I would not even try.
Data recovery centers transplants the internal platters/discs to a new drive. Need a clean-room to do that.
Does it exist? Trying to help a buddy, the money is mine as he has none.
1 TB spinner with pictures from an old Dell XPS
TIA
Thank you, but it is useless in this case. See above: Service Area Failure. If you don't know what service area of a spinner is you may want to research this. This case requires a surgical intrusion.Best Linux repair and rescue distros of 2023.
I'd try rescatux. I used it to repair a corrupted computer years ago. Pm me if you want