On 05/09/2016 23:08, Clive George wrote:
On 05/09/2016 22:08, rick wrote:
Have a Western Digital 1TB internal 3.5" HDD
Just stopped during use ....
Drive is under warranty so should get it replaced - but they won't
recover the data.
I had a backup .. but a months worth is missing .... (should backup more
than once a month I know)

On windows PC it is no longer seen, a friend connected it to a MAC and
it could be seen & scanned .. but he was unable to recover any files.

Anybody know of anyone that does data recovery as a sideline ?

Professional companies charge hundreds to do this.

In case someone suggests it - I have tried the freezer trick.

Plug it into another computer and give the various data recovery tools a
go - there's plenty of them to try, and they mostly offer a free trial
so you can see you've got data before you have to pay them.


I plugged into into a PC via a SATA to USB interface ... nothing seen so
I can't run any tools. Nothing shows in diskmanager