Would I ever be able to recover data after a 2STF/3/3: ATA-100 ata-6 - Master error? Would professional data recovery help or would you say recovering the data is a lost cause?
Just wondering?
iBook G4; 14"; 1.42 GHz; 100 GB HD; 512 MB RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Hi, most nearly certain that Professional data Recovery could do it.
A few other possible options....
Data Rescue...
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
They have a free demo to see what it could recover.
DiskWarrior...
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior/
"Stellar Phoenix Macintosh - Mac data recovery software, recovers data from damaged, deleted, or corrupted volumes and even from initialized disks."
They have a trial version, so I guess you can see if your data can be recovered...
http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm
FileSalvage is an extremely powerful Macintosh application for exploring and recovering deleted files from a drive or volume. FileSalvage is designed to restore files that have:
* been accidentally deleted.
* become unreadable due to media faults.
* been stored on a drive before it was re-initialized/formatted.
http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id= 1
Virtual Lab...
http://www.binarybiz.com/vlab/mac.php?PHPSESSID=48b398a7879fa364a82736a2b9bf955a
After researching the error you received from your hard drive, it seems either the hard drive itself or the logic card on the drive has failed. It doesn't sound like you will have much of a chance of any success with any of BDAqua'a solutions.
Be prepared to pay serious bucks for any professional data recovery services, such as $$$$.
Allan
>It doesn't sound like you will have much of a chance of any success with any of BDAqua'a solutions.
Yeah, I agree, but some are free to try anyway, but I do think Professional Data Recovery will be needed, as you say. 🙂
I agreed any port in a storm. I just wanted to let him know that his chances of recovery are right up there with that snowball in you know where.
Allan
Here's cheap $ thing to try. Buy one of these hard drive adapters http://tinyurl.com/68z87pm Remove the HD from your Mac, attach the adapter & connect to another Mac. If you're lucky, you may be able to see the data files.
Cheers, Tom 😉
Message was edited by: Texas Mac Man Here's the instructions for removing the hard drive. http://www.ifixit.com/Device/iBook_G4_14%22_1.42_GHz
Would I ever be able to recover data?
