saving info from crased hdd

[smileypie]

hey all, My hdd crashed and it took about 4 months of music projects with it. I know, I know back up your work. I didn't lesson learned. Anyway I have a different puter and was wondering if I could put my old hdd into the other puter and get the info off it and save it before I return my hdd for a new one. I tried plugging my old hdd into the ide slots and the puter loads up fine but does not show any other hdd but the one I have installed. Help! Keep in mind when posting I am pretty new to this stuff.
Thanks again,
dave

[jmebonner]

Depending on how much the files are worth, you could contact a recovery service to recover them for you. Hold on to your wallet though. I believe the fees start at about $200.00.

When you say it crashed, how so? Did it just fail to boot one day, do you hear clunking? etc, etc.

If you're lucky, maybe you just don't have the jumpers set correctly and your BIOS didn't pick the drive up.

Check to see what jumper your HDD that is already installed in the new PC is set at. You should see something like MA, SL, or CS. If it's on MA, you need to put your crashed drive as SL. If it's CS, put your crashed drive as CS.

MA = Master
SL = Slave
CS = Cable Select

Now that you have the jumpers correct, in your BIOS, you might/should have an IDE verification section. If not, look for something like "Standard CMOS Setup". You should see a list of Primary Master and such. Just put them all as "Auto". If the jumpers are set correctly, keep your fingers crossed that it can still be recognized.

I'm looking for a guide that shows you the basics of your drive.


EDIT - this is from Seagate, but principles are pretty much the same across the board.

[smileypie]

hey, The info (original music) is very important to me, but I can replace it. I could not spend that much money on recoverey.

The HDD didn't give me any warning before it died. It worked fine one evening then the next nothing. The HDD just clicks. I called the store where I bought it (locally) and the guy said it could be a logical problem, but I don't know enough about this to understand what he means. The company will send me a new one but it takes 8 weeks. I was hoping to get my music off there before sending it in.

Thanks for the post I will check the Seagate link

thanks,
dave

[aln]

saw this one at techtv, put your crashed hd inside a plastic bag and put it inside your freezer for about an hour. they say it will give you ample time to back up your files.

i just dont know if it works, have not tried it. anyway, goodluck..