Using a Hard Drive Enclosure for Data Recovery

Info

Level: Intermediate
Presenter: Eli the Computer Guy
Length of Class: 20 Minutes
Tracks

Data Recovery
Prerequisites

Computer Anatomy
Introduction to Data Recovery
Understanding of Windows Permissions and How to Take Ownership of Files and Folders is Recommended
Purpose of Class

This class teaches students how to use an External Hard Drive Enclosure to recover data from dead computers. Whether you have a laptop computer with a bad motherboard, or an old computer with so many viruses that you can no longer use it, this class will show you how to easily get the data you need.

Topics Covered

Types of Hard Drive Enclosure
Connecting Internal Hard Drives to a PC using a Hard Drive Enclosure
Class Notes

Hard Drive Enclosures
4 Types -- Desktop/ Laptop IDE/ SATA
You can use a Desktop SATA Enclosure for a Laptop SATA Hard Drive
Brand doesn't matter... They are all pretty shoddy
Recommendations
Don't use a Hard Drive Enclosure if you need to run a scan of the hard drive
You may need to take Ownership of the files and folders on the hard drive to be able to access them.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• enclosure
• data
• recovery
• 720p

[Kroanos]

A few years ago I bought an EZQuest INIC-1530 enclosure for my HDD and it worked fine until just recently. Now I'm getting Please insert disk into drive Z when I try to open it. Disk management recognizes the EZQuest but says no media on it. Any suggestions?

[elithecomputerguy]

@Kroanos Try using a different enclosure. The electronics may be bad. If that doesn't work then the hard drive is bad.

[hwarris1]

Thanks for this awsome detail lesson. I have one question? I have WD External HDD kind like you showed in the video and the usb connecter on it broke to fix the problem I bought a new enclosure and tried connecting to my lapto where it was connected before it doesn't show up on my computer. It showes on my Storage>Disk Management console as unallocated space without a dirve letter. I don't have any option but to format to use the drive. I am trying to recover my old data....Please reply.

[elithecomputerguy]

@hwarris1 Try to use Recuva (It's free) to try to recover your data.

[moonatics]

Thanks for the help. I put my BSOD laptop drive into an enclosure, but when it is plugged into a healthy PC it still blue screens when it tries to recognize the drive. I cannot see the drive in My Computer. Is there anything I can do to see if the data is recoverable?

[elithecomputerguy]

@moonatics SOunds like your hard drive has physical problems... Most likely the circuit board is going. In my shop I would put it on a data recovery device called a Ninja and move the data bit for bit to a stable hard drive. My thing cost about $1400, but if you want to play with linux a tool called DD would do the trick

[jjwlff]

Good GOD! Took way to long to explain that... Were you high to spend 20 minutes explaining this?.....

[jstinson78]

Get to the point.

[XBOX360ELGORDOLOCO]

do you got any international web sites that can ship to mexico i moved because my mom and day retired. my computer crashed and wont boot up! THANX

[chad9278]

they do make cables for this as well.

[WildBuck007]

Good information mate. But I'd laugh my ass off to see the showing of what is on the cased drive, if it had porn all over it XD

I've seen that happen before. Pretty funny stuff >;3

[MrJamorell]

@hwarris1 Thank you Eli- awesome lesson! The stupid adapter was driving me nuts for 10 minutes until you said simply pull the laptop HD adapter off :-)

Appreciate the Help!