Hi! Will this recover my photos off my external hard drive that died?
2003896
I am not sure. If the hard drive won't boot at all then no, but if it's just like the operating system crashed but the hard drive still works then yes
2003897
If your actual hard drive itself died, then most likely no. If its the connection inside the external hard drive case to the hard drive or the cables on the external hard drive reader then maybe. This is more for when your computer dies but the hard drive is still good, you can connect the hard drive to it and pull the data over. As well as many other things but it will only work if the hard drive you are connecting to it is still good.
2003898
That depends on what part of the external HDD died. Or whatever caused it to die. But even if it did not have problems you'd need to remove the HDD from whatever casing it's in and see if it has a SATA port and a matching power port.I would say chances are slim that this product will be able to help with a dead HDD. If the pictures are truly important, there are services that help recover data from dead HDD, but again they can't guarantee you'll get everything back and they typically aren't that cheap.
2003899
That all depends on how it died. I had a sector fail on my boot portion and I pulled it out of my laptop. Once in the STSA to USB device, it acted like just another drive. I have since learned to use it to store my pics on STAT drives I find for cheap.
2191294
It worked to allow me to retrieve the data on my hard drive. But my hard drive was not damaged. The problem was my motherboard. If your hard drive doesn't work, the data may be lost forever.
1083463
I believe so. The adapter should help you get files from a drive regardless of the operating system on which the drive used to run. The drive I used it on used to run Windows Millennium Edition (ME). Windows ME would no longer boot, so I used the adapter to rescue the files. After I removed the hard drive, I connected the adapter to it then connected it all to a working computer via USB. The working computer recognized the old hard drive as a remote drive, and I was able to harvest the files.
2186468
Assuming that your hard drive is not damaged, yes. You will connect this item to your computer via a USB port and be able to read it just like any other external storage device.
2186783
It should. Format it as a Mac OS X (Journaled) file system using Disk Utility, and you should be good to go.I only use it as a Time Machine backup HDD, so there's no troubles there.
1495673
If the Drive is not "Spinning" when the power is connected I don't think you will be able to retrieve anything. I used this device to pull data off a very old Laptop that would no longer BOOT up. I pulled the drive and was able get the drive to spin and mount.
1467910
Yes, provided the hard drive is not corrupted or broken. This adapter has its own power and has plugs to power your hard drive. Just attach hard drive and plug it in to a working computer. It will show up as a USB drive and you will be able to recover all data.
182299
Yes this will work all u have to do is a restore. If that doesn't work just save all data on usb drive. Then transfer data. That's what I had to do because I had 1 corrupt file so it wouldn't restore but saving on the usb worked
382736
No the hard drive doesn't work anymore and it's less than a years time. Also wd would not rma the product for me.
551717
Not hard to use at all. I didn't use it on solid state media like a SD card, but if they say it works on them, I'm sure it does. Be aware that you'll need another HD with at least 16 gigs of free space to "recover to." But this app saved my bacon when I reformatted an external. Got back everything. Good luck.
2275022
I am not quite sure since this was for my son and he used it. I said Used it because just last week when he turned it on he was asked to format it. We took it to a computer store to get it looked at and they said it was no data on the drive to recover. It had a bad sector and won't work. So we are in the process to see what we should do now. Soooo upset since we had just bought this November 26, 2011. Sorry that I could not help you.
511933
Doubt it. They don't really do that anymore, and it's not listed under the "What's in the box" section. More likely it comes with a restore partition.
2191291
This is a data cable, works like a external HD enclosure. If the HD is broken, it is not likely helpful to retrieve any data. Unless what broken is the enclosure of your external HD, not the HD.
1120022
I bought a western digital 500Gb external hard-drive for back up. I was always afraid of this hard-drive crash, so one day I started to backup my WD backup hard-drive, that's when I get a error message saying IO error from this cursed WD hard-drive. All my precious pictures are gone, I still regret until now that I should have second backup for my data. Never buy from WD again. The good news is that there are data recovery services, but they will cost you an arm and a leg.
561085
You can hook up the drive but you might need a recovery program - I suggest "icare" - good program.
1202114
Yes. It worked for me. My hard drive was wiped and I purchased this program. There is one catch. The info was stored and named "Recovered Files" . So, you'll have to rename each item again and then delete the duplicate recovered file. Time consuming but well worth it. A good project when you're watching some random tv show.
125382
I don't any of the data error recovery capabilities, but I wouldn't expect any in it. You can replace drives and restore from backups. The manual for this model is here: http://buffalo.jp/support_s/guide/path/lswxl/en/manual/manual.html