backup a laptop without it turned on?

violet · Post by **violet** » Tue May 17, 2016 7:09 pm

Thanks for the answers. I am going to have to take to a third party and pay them. I got lost at the second sentence in Chucky's reply. I don't want to just get rid of it without trying as there ar some files on there i would like (yeah, yeah...i back up now).
Bloody technology

walkjivefly · Post by **walkjivefly** » Tue May 17, 2016 7:18 pm

Just Robbed wrote:Was told the hard drive in my 8 year old HP desktop was bust today.
Got the hard drive back.
Any way data can be recovered here in PP?
Years of documents, music and photos. Backed up to an external drive last time about 4 year's ago.

Maybe, depends how broken the drive is. There's another thread about data recovery around here somewhere. If you can hear the drive clicking but your PC says or acts like it is dead you might bring it back to life with a new controller PCB.

Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk

violet · Post by **violet** » Tue May 17, 2016 7:22 pm

walkjivefly wrote:
Just Robbed wrote:Was told the hard drive in my 8 year old HP desktop was bust today.
Got the hard drive back.
Any way data can be recovered here in PP?
Years of documents, music and photos. Backed up to an external drive last time about 4 year's ago.
Maybe, depends how broken the drive is. There's another thread about data recovery around here somewhere. If you can hear the drive clicking but your PC says or acts like it is dead you might bring it back to life with a new controller PCB.

Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk

how much does a controller PCB (whatever it is) cost?

Just Robbed · Post by **Just Robbed** » Tue May 17, 2016 10:17 pm

Thanks Walkjivefly.
I'm guessing there may he a better chance of having one of those whiskies in the IT malls in Singapore or Bangkok have a go at data recovery unless there is a smoking hot tech in PP.

walkjivefly · Post by **walkjivefly** » Wed May 18, 2016 1:08 am

violet wrote:
walkjivefly wrote:
Just Robbed wrote:Was told the hard drive in my 8 year old HP desktop was bust today.
Got the hard drive back.
Any way data can be recovered here in PP?
Years of documents, music and photos. Backed up to an external drive last time about 4 year's ago.
Maybe, depends how broken the drive is. There's another thread about data recovery around here somewhere. If you can hear the drive clicking but your PC says or acts like it is dead you might bring it back to life with a new controller PCB.

Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk
how much does a controller PCB (whatever it is) cost?

Depends on the drive, but probably around $60 delivered. Track down that other thread, it has a link to the company I used about 6 months ago. I think there was mention of an actual data recovery specialist too.

Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk

walkjivefly · Post by **walkjivefly** » Wed May 18, 2016 1:27 am

http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... hp?t=35015

Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk

johnnyj · Post by **johnnyj** » Wed May 18, 2016 6:55 am

walkjivefly wrote:
Just Robbed wrote:Was told the hard drive in my 8 year old HP desktop was bust today.
Got the hard drive back.
Any way data can be recovered here in PP?
Years of documents, music and photos. Backed up to an external drive last time about 4 year's ago.
Maybe, depends how broken the drive is. There's another thread about data recovery around here somewhere. If you can hear the drive clicking but your PC says or acts like it is dead you might bring it back to life with a new controller PCB.

Sent from my GT-P5110 using Tapatalk

if its clicking the PCB isn't going to recover it,

in order to recover it you'll need to do a platter transfer, in fact its generally better to do a platter transfer anyway, rather than just the PCB,

if you have an identical drive its relatively easy (if you know what you are doing, and better yet have access to a neg pressure clean room)

also clicking can be due to warping - this can be temporarily fixed by freezing the drive in a vacum sealed bag, then immediately DD'ing the drive to another storage medium.

However, you'd be better off contacting a data forensics specialist in Bangkok,

I don't know any consumer level data recovery folk in Asia - all the people I deal with are enterprise, so you are looking at $500 - $1000 USD for assessment and a minimum charge of $3500USD for recovery.

Indigo · Post by **Indigo** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:40 pm

Interestingly, thanks a lot for making some points clear. What about backing up personal data? How to do it as successfully as possible?

Indigo · Post by **Indigo** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:53 pm

Recently I became interested in this question, because lately there has been a lot of information and data accumulated that need to be preserved and in no case. https://thinkmobiles.com/blog/best-disk ... -software/ This is where I found software that should help me. What do you guys advise? What program can be used safely and most effectively?

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 4:34 am

violet wrote: ↑
Mon May 16, 2016 6:17 pm
i have lost/thrown out in a rash cleanout, the power adapdor/charger. I don't want to buy a new one just for the back up. Anything I can do or is my choice between paying for a new adaptor/charger and paying a third party?

V-Tech on Kampuchea Krom will almost certainly have a chargerthat fits.

Ask them to do the backup.

Less than $5

violet · Post by **violet** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:06 am

vladimir wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2019 4:34 am

violet wrote: ↑
Mon May 16, 2016 6:17 pm
i have lost/thrown out in a rash cleanout, the power adapdor/charger. I don't want to buy a new one just for the back up. Anything I can do or is my choice between paying for a new adaptor/charger and paying a third party?
V-Tech on Kampuchea Krom will almost certainly have a chargerthat fits.

Ask them to do the backup.

Less than $5

I have moved on from this 3 year old post, but your reply may be of use to others. Thank you. Hope you are well, vlad. I had a moment of thinking you may have left this world.

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:07 pm

violet wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:06 am
I have moved on from this 3 year old post, but your reply may be of use to others. Thank you. Hope you are well, vlad. I had a moment of thinking you may have left this world.

I should be so lucky.

How would some 440 members cope with no one to obsess over?