My problem is I upgraded to windows 7 and before the trial ends in august I would like to be able to convert back to vista.

I have an external hard drive. Also I have other computers in the house hold. My vista came pre-installed on my laptop.

I have movies and music that I have downloaded on my external hard drive. It’s stopped working and now I need to have a data recovery service performed on it. Will they report me? Will they know? Can they see files that have been on my PC first (i.e. as I am downloading movies and music to my PC’s hard drive first, then transfering to the xternal drive)?

I’m trying to use EasyRecovery Professional for my external hard drive which is apparently corrupt, I was wondering is it possible that running many tests could make problems worse or will it not damage the hard drive in anyway?

Thanks

I need to know if this is an easy problem to fix or if there is a cheap way under 0(AU) to get the data back. It is an 80GB hard drive with less than 25GB of data. Would software recovery work? Or is it a mechanical problem?
It is a SATA hard drive out of a laptop. I have attempted to plug it in using an external hard drive casing but nothing was detected… please please help!!

I am having computer problems and need to bring it in for service, I am afraid that I am going to have to run a recovery disk in which I would lose everything on my hard drive. So I am wanting to do a mirror image (not just a back up because I don’t want to lose some of my programs) of my hard drive onto my external hard drive before I bring it in as a safety measure.

I know it is possible to do, but the only person I know who has done this had it done by a professional service. Is there a way I can do this at home? If so, how?

I’m trying to recover deleted files on an external hard drive. I used a lot of different Data Recovery programs to scan my hard drive and I had the files recovered to a folder on the desktop..

I got some deleted jpegs back, but I can’t open the pictures with any programs.

Does anyone have any suggestions on any programs to try, or any ideas what to do so I can view them? Like, I have the jpegs in a folder, but I can’t open them to see them at all.

Any ideas? Thanks

ok so the files i want to recover were on an external hard drive. when i was recovering my computer back 2 factory settings, i accidentally set the external hard drive to partition into to drives. it deleted literally everything on it. how can i recover that back up. please help me. i lost very important documents and files.

Have you heard of http://www.californiadataservices.com I am trying to recover a physically damaged drive. I dropped my maxtor 320 GB external hard drive on the floor and am looking for a cheap place to send it because I DO NOT want to spend 0 to recover this data. And California data services has a "no data no charge" policy and I was just wondering if any of you guys have dealth with them before. If not do you have any other suggestions?

I reformatted my computer and backed up all my files on an external hard drive. Now the files on the external hardrive are corrupt and even recovery services cant help me. I am in real trouble because this files are my life…. can i reverse the reformat process? And no i dont have a recovery disk.

I bought a Seagate external hard drive 4 months ago. I don’t even use it that much. I was going to move data from my pc to the drive and it suddenly stopped working. I have been trying to contact seagate and they’ll make you wait for hours and the websites warranty section is always down. Seagate offered mre 00 & 00 for them to recover my files. I am looking for a place where I could bring in my hard drive and recover my data.

I have to send in a broken hard drive (from an external hard drive) into a data recovery lab to get my 10 years worth of pictures off of it. Prices I’ve seen online range from -2300 and I have NO idea which companies are reputable and which just plain stink.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? If so, which companies do you recommend and what prices seemed reasonable?

Also, the issue with my drive is not one that be fixed by simply plugging the drive into a new enclosure or running a recovery software program.

I’m trying to recover deleted files on an external hard drive. I used a lot of different Data Recovery programs to scan my hard drive and I had the files recovered to a folder on the desktop..

I got some deleted jpegs back, but I can’t open the pictures with any programs.

Does anyone have any suggestions on any programs to try, or any ideas what to do so I can view them? Like, I have the jpegs in a folder, but I can’t open them to see them at all.

Any ideas? Thanks

CPU is running slow lately and i’m in the mood to use my recovery disk to remove years of grime. the only problem is i have no idea what files to back up. i know the basics: my documents, picutres, and my music. although, i’m not sure how to do it. buy a cheap 50gb external hard-drive? help!

Windows had trouble starting I tried to start using F11

The machine went through a recovery procedure.

Files were backed up and put in folders I can find.
The desk top is like I bought the computer 4 years ago

I think the programs are saved some how but I don't know how to reinstate what I can without getting out the original disks for the programs I use.

I plan to buy an external hard drive and copy the files I can find before attempting changes
The computer is a gateway
The programs are not available if I go to the start menue