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Hi all

A client’s home laptop HDD failed. I popped it into a USB 3.0 sata caddy and the drive can be seen in My Computer on a working PC. I can browse the Users and see My Docs, My Pictues, Music, Desktop etc. I’ve tried copying the directories from the faulty HDD to my own PC but it hangs everytime.

Is there an application out there that can scan what data can be retrieved from the faulty disk then dump it on the C drive of a working computer or even another external HDD.

As usual its holiday snaps etc that havn’t been backed up that the user wants.

Thanks.

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try Recuva

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Grab a live Linux system and run that to recover files. I have used SLAX and Ubuntu variants to do this. Windows is to delicate to dig in there but Linux systems will grab what they can.

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First thing I’d recommend is to clone the entire drive using a utility like RawCopy, Clonezilla, Macrium, or EaseUS. After you have a successful clone just try to recover files from the clone.

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So boot a laptop/PC with a live linux disk, plug in dodgy hdd to usb port 1 then a working hdd to usb port 2 and just simply copy and paste the data over?

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Try Kernel for Windows Data Recovery - Free version software for the recovery of data from this faulty hard drive. It can scan and preview the data and provide option to save selected data or all. It supports data recovery from any of the storage device which has Windows file system. It supports the latest versions of Windows 10. One can save 2 GB of data for free using this free data recovery software. To know more about the software, visit: Free Data Recovery Software Download to Recover Lost/Formatted Files

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Hi,

Download Stellar free data recovery software , its a freeware tool which allows you to scan your external hard drive for lost data recovery and show you preview of all recoverable files. With the help of this freeware program you can easily save your recoverable files upto 1 GB.

In addition, if you want to recovery more than 1 GB then you upgrade this freeware tool.

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+1 for Recuva had good results with it in the past.

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If the suggestions above do not pan out and you are still looking to recover your data, please feel free to reach out to me directly. Ontrack will provide a free shipping label for you to send the drive in and will give you a full report of what we are able to recover, before you have to buy anything. We are offering a Spiceworks discount as well if you proceed with the recovery.

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You can try Aryson Windows Data Recovery software trial version to recover up to 2GB data from External or Internal HDD for free. It supports to recover deleted all types of files data and folder from HDD.