I'll be brutally straightforward.
Go look for a torrent on EASEUS data recovery. It should recover
all your stuff. I've managed it before.
Crack open your ext. HDD casing and connect the HDD directly to a
SATA port on the computer itself. This if you have a desktop
PC.
If your hard drive happens to be a Samsung S1/S2/S3 portable..
Good luck, have fun. You're not getting anything off it. And don't
waste your time trying to crack it open because it uses a direct
USB connection instead of a USB-SATA adapter on the casing.
Bring it to Sim Lim and try your luck. Some stores quote about a
hundred bucks for data recovery.
ADRC or Kroll Ontrack or CBL only if your data is a matter of life
and death. Prices range from 500 to a few thousands, and as with
all data recovery, there is no guarantee.
well, easeus data recovery is only good for recovering data
wiped by simple partition deletion, os-based file deletion,
os-based write errors etc.
When it comes to more deeper data recovery, it cannot recover
data from 1 pass partition wipes etc.
Unless the newer ones can do that, I would be amazed.
Anyway, the TS never really mentioned whether it was hardware
issues or software issues that he need to recover data.
