On Mon, 26 May 2008 17:42:59 GMT, propman wrote:

Low level as in "checking out the integrity of the drive" not low level
as "reformatting the drive".....the test programs from the hard drive
manufacturers perform non-destructive testing. Low level testing and
low level formating are two different issues. :-)

Your use of "low level" is what's causing the confusion. You won't
find that terminology at any disk manufactur's site. What you WILL
find is something like "diagnostic" testing or testers.

"low level" has traditionally been coupled with "format" by anyone
familiar with hard drive work.




Colin Barnhorst wrote:
Low level test programs are usually destructive of data on the drive.
The OP needs to recover data, not test the drive. He already knows the
drive is defective. He needs recovery ideas at this point.

"propman" wrote in message
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rodger212 wrote:
Hi everyone , I am employed as a manager in a firm. I have a problem
that I had like to talk about. My system was working fine the other day,
but while copying a file by nero….the system hanged and I had to restart
it. But I got a disk boot failure error. Then , I tried to run a windows
xp installation CD, but that is also showing some error message during
installation and the installation fails.I did check the bios settings
and the disk fails to show…and had it checked on another system also…but
bios cannot detect the hard disk.I think the disk is damaged or
something like that.The disk has important data from my company’s point
of view…..that I need to recover.
Please let me know if there are any ways to get my data back from
this disk!!!!




Check the manufacturer of your hard drive's web site....some companies
provide a low-level test program you can download.

I think that your disk is probably damaged …cannot guess any other
reason for failure.There may be some problem in the controllers or can
be another thing.The best way is to get a professional team that can
recover data from 'damaged drives' (http://www.diskemergency.com/) .
They can be your best resort as they have tools and ways to get the
things done.

All the best to you.


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sylvester000

The software is more like $250 US. The service is another matter. But I
agree, OnTrack is best short of a custom service.

"SCSIraidGURU" wrote in message
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On-Track is the best at data recovery. It can be $1000+. I would try
putting the drive in another computer as a slave. See if you can access
the data. Don't low level test it. It can delete data if you don't
know how to do it non-destructive. I would try error checking the drive
or see if Acronis can image the files to a new drive.


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SCSIraidGURU

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