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Recover files from a dead external drive |
October 31, 2013
Xolelwa Mzili's PC no longer sees her external hard drive. Can she recover the files?
Because they're used heavily for backup and sneakernet, we tend to assume that every file on an external hard drive also exists elsewhere. But if a file is only on the external drive, it is not backed up and can be lost.
So if you keep any files exclusively on an external hard drive, you need a backup of that drive.
But enough of the lecture. Let's see if you can get your files back. It all depends on how badly the drive is damaged, and how much money you're willing to spend to restore it.
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Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2054420/recover-files-from-a-dead-external-drive.html#tk.rss_howto
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