Hi everyone, I'm in a bit of a jam. My macbook pro (17inch mid 2011) had a panic attack (August 2013) I didn't really dig into it's cause for the panic, but I'm pretty sure it was CPU caller issue.
Anyway, I am super strapped for cash, and in serious need to get the documents off of the hard drive. I went to best buy, bought a cheap $40 120GB or something, just to get my computer up and running again. Reinstalled Snow, then later upgraded to Mavericks, to use the computer to view and erase footage and create future space for future recording on my security camera. Problem is, I tried hooking up the computer to an IDE cable, to the MBP that's now running again, and it pops up under disc utility, but when I click on it, or try to act on it in any way, it just sits there, and either freezes up the computer, or tells me it's just unreadable or something (it's been a while.)
I really really need a way to get my data off of it (around 500GBs), but more importantly, right now I need a pages document off of it for an emergency situation. I've been searching the web when I have time for data recovery services/software, but nothing seems like it's concise enough or guaranteed to work in any satisfying capacity.
If there's anyone here who can help, it would be greatly appreciated!
And your MBP was in target disk mode?
[QUOTE=BFG9000;44249918]And your MBP was in target disk mode?[/QUOTE]
I believe one of the attempts I made was with it in TD mode yes. I tried it in multiple ways, the first time I tried was with the computer already running.
Had gotten to my computer from the store, just opened it up and plugged in my external, pulled up DUtility, and took a crack at it with the IDE cable.
Then I powered it off I believe, plugged the disc in, and booted it up in TD mode with everything plugged in trying it again. The disc was unresponsive.
Have you tried booting a Linux livecd? Linux often have better chances of opening unresponsive drives and getting data from them. If the linux livecd does not work either, then run dmesg in an terminal and post the output.
If the documents are the "it'd be nice, but not 100% needed" type of documents, there are probably some Linux LiveCDs that can help you.
If the documents are the "OH GOD MY BUSINESS IS GOING TO GO FUCKING BANKRUPT IF I LOSE THESE FILES" type, unplug the drive, do not fucking touch it, and ship it to a professional data recovery company. It will be really, REALLY expensive, but that's what you get for being stupid and not having backups.
[QUOTE=YuckFou;44249799]Hi everyone, I'm in a bit of a jam. My macbook pro (17inch mid 2011) had a panic attack (August 2013) I didn't really dig into it's cause for the panic, but I'm pretty sure it was CPU caller issue.
Anyway, I am super strapped for cash, and in serious need to get the documents off of the hard drive. I went to best buy, bought a cheap $40 120GB or something, just to get my computer up and running again. Reinstalled Snow, then later upgraded to Mavericks, to use the computer to view and erase footage and create future space for future recording on my security camera. Problem is, I tried hooking up the computer to an IDE cable, to the MBP that's now running again, and it pops up under disc utility, but when I click on it, or try to act on it in any way, it just sits there, and either freezes up the computer, or tells me it's just unreadable or something (it's been a while.)
I really really need a way to get my data off of it (around 500GBs), but more importantly, right now I need a pages document off of it for an emergency situation. I've been searching the web when I have time for data recovery services/software, but nothing seems like it's concise enough or guaranteed to work in any satisfying capacity.
If there's anyone here who can help, it would be greatly appreciated![/QUOTE]
Why do you not have backups? Seriously. If its that important you should of had backups. Its not even that hard to setup backup solutions; hopefully this situation will teach you to be more prudent in the future.
This is classic.
[QUOTE=nikomo;44253448]If the documents are the "it'd be nice, but not 100% needed" type of documents, there are probably some Linux LiveCDs that can help you.
If the documents are the "OH GOD MY BUSINESS IS GOING TO GO FUCKING BANKRUPT IF I LOSE THESE FILES" type, unplug the drive, do not fucking touch it, and ship it to a professional data recovery company. It will be really, REALLY expensive, but that's what you get for being stupid and not having backups.[/QUOTE]
Not outrageously expensive considering data like that. $100 deposit, $700-2000 for recovery isn't that bad with a business on the line.
So there's nothing out there that can get the job done without costing me a couple grand-round about?
A free time machine, a pair of better brains and implementing backups would be cheap, but I don't see that happening.
So yeah, no, you're not getting them back on the cheap, and even if you sink the money in, there's a chance they won't be able to recover all of the data, depending on how bad of a shape the drive is in.
damn.....
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