Hard Drive Hack

Recover any hard drive with a few simple tools and a PC

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Hard
• Drive
• Recovery
• Crashed

[amarillokid123]

it would be best off wearing gloves because of static electricity meaning the files on your disk could be corrupted or deleted.

[atriker]

your right you should were gloves

[Mattinitus]

I'm pretty sure you need a DVD+R (not -R) for this to work. plus, blue-ray drives MIGHT work but they don't spin fast enough. I tried it in my CD-ROM but it took like 5 hours for the transfer to complete. I'd highly recommend the DVD at LEAST 24x... i bet blu-ray would be fastest but it might damage your player. Try some sort of lacquer if the platters have grooves in them...

[atriker]

A dvd-r player will work.You just need the latest firmware update.

[CrazyUncleDave]

I work for a professional data recovery company. I can't believe my colleagues never shared this technique with me before this. Who knew it was so easy?

[atriker]

Yes very easy hack will save you hours in the clean room

[totalrandomcrap]

This is the first time I really feel like I wasted time on a video. For all who don't know this is complete bullshit. Hard drive platters don't store data the same as an optical disc. Try playing a video tape on a film projector!

[totalrandomcrap]

yep

[yargd121]

The problem is that this can allow for fingerprints and dust to build up, causing a bad read. The way to clean it is to melt butter and rub on a thin layer before putting it on the drive. Not only does this help clean the disk, but it also helps it spin faster so it doesn't take 4 years for the files to transfer or for you to realize that you just messed up not only your hard drive and any chance of ever getting your files back, but also your dvd drive and half an hour of your time.

[zengod861]

@mrcoffeerush technically it is a hack cause that was never the origanal use >.>

[chandru1103]

This is absolutely awful...that is only going to ruin your HDD even further. I don't know why people would be gullible enough to believe this is a "FIX!" You just exposed your HDD to dust, contaminants and fingerprints! Your HDD is going to crash ten times more often now.

[Stanhh]

For hard drives over 80 GB you should use a Blu Ray player. If you don't have one in your computer find a Playstation 3 so you can at least view your photo's and videos on TV. I don't use gloves but do use furnature polish or WD 40 to help the disk fit when pushing the door shut and help it to spin faster. Warning- Xbox only shows photos- no videos.

[Stanhh]

For hard drives over 80 gigabytes be sure to only use a Blu Ray player to read it! If you don't have Blu Ray on your computer find a playstation3 so you can view your files and video on TV.

You may also need to wax the disc with furniture polish to make is spin fast enough to be read in player or use lots of WD 40.

[tabousa]

..... also u can use WD40 for increase the speed ;)

[FunnyAndiri]

no, wtf, thats just fucking up the harddrive. a regular cd-rom cant read a hard drive desk. Noob,

[CrazyUncleDave]

Actually you can purchase a digital eraser to scrub the corrupted files off of the platters. Then the rest of the files will work fine. If data is fragmented, though, it can be kinda tricky since you have to make sure and scrub super carefully. Using binoculars would probably help.