Originally Posted by
MARK EG
Well this has happened to me on both platforms now. Yesterday Chrissi's Mac powerbook HD failed completely and she HADNT backed up.
On both occasions I went through hours thinking I was screwed. But in BOTH instances I managed to get ALL data back. In each case I tried every data recovery program under the sun. So I'm posting this to help people whom this happens to.
For the PC - Get a working PC, take it apart and attach the messed up HD to a spare place on the IDE cable. Use Easy Recovery to restore the DATA.
For the MAC - Get a another MAC and use Target Disk mode to access your screwed HD. Use Data Rescue II. You can try Tech Tool Pro and Diskwarrior but they didn't work for me.
To be honest, you're not guaranteed when your HD goes down that you'll be able to get the DATA back, so you're best using a cloning prog like Superduper (MAC) and Ghost (PC) and/or making regular DVD backups. But luckily these methods worked for me...
It's either that or send off and spend thousands getting the data back!!!
Hope you never have to go through this ;)