I have something embarrassing to admit. I'm a (freelance) computer tech and I've never recovered a hard drive. I need sort of a crash course in hard disk recovery because I have a client with loads of sensitive, work related data - not to mention several gigabytes of porn - that will cause both he and I distress if the data has in fact been lost.
Here's the long and short of it. I'm running XP Professional, and I have the laptop hard drive in question hooked up to my desktop with an IDE adapter. The drive is visible, but I can't access it. When I click on the drive icon it asks me if I want to format. Looking at the drive properties shows both the free and used space at 0.
I'm not ruling out drive failure, but I want to go through some basic recovery before I do anything else.
- I need some recommendations on recovery programs.
- I need some direction, aka where to start.
- I need to pray to Jebus.
So can anyone help?
Here's the long and short of it. I'm running XP Professional, and I have the laptop hard drive in question hooked up to my desktop with an IDE adapter. The drive is visible, but I can't access it. When I click on the drive icon it asks me if I want to format. Looking at the drive properties shows both the free and used space at 0.
I'm not ruling out drive failure, but I want to go through some basic recovery before I do anything else.
- I need some recommendations on recovery programs.
- I need some direction, aka where to start.
- I need to pray to Jebus.
So can anyone help?