Hard Drive Has Crashed

[deadone]

hi all, ive been working on my audio shows most of the weekend as im making a database, but my hard drive external has failed. i have tried everything to get it working but looks like its had its last day as a funny smell was coming from it

my problem now is ive lost so much of my audio shows im really pissed off.

how can i get the audio back. im not looking to replace it all just certain shows. and all in flac format from livemetallica.

i lost many shows scattered over different years but i just want my livemet shows back from 2006/2007 so how can i get them back. luckily enough i copied all the 2008/2009/2010 flac shows over the last few days so i didnt loose any of those

help me please

Mick

[cotis]

GetDataBack is a great program to give a try..

[deadone]

yeah thanx tried that and a couple of others, no joy

Mick

[deadone]

ok thanx to cj i now can access my hdd external.
now i have another problem. when i save the files from it they are the correct size for flac files but they dont play.
see screen shot i have attached as well as info is not there for it.
this is taken when i hover over the track one and or any other track i try it with.


also i tried playing the exact same track with vlc media player and this is even stranger.
when i play the track it starts as harvester of sorrow then that finishes and then plays One. but its showing video as well as audio. mmmmmmm. also check the song duration. this does it for the others as well i tried downloading in the st screen, starts with the track before it.


im also using pc inspector.

[clovnul]

The program you're using is showing to you if the songs are recoverable? Maybe the file was partly overwritten.

[damageinc]

Damn shit, sorry to hear that Mick! I hope you can get most of your files back.

[deadone]

well 2 days later and still no joy, looks like i have lost them.
and i tried around 9 programs, all found the files i wanted back but none would allow me to do so.
it also states when i selected the file they were recoverable but i guess not.

[deadone]

update, finally managed to get all the flac files back so im happy again.
didnt manage to get the mp3's i lost but im not bothered about those at all.

this can now be locked and thanx every1 for the help, esp CJ.

Mick

[Onclefritz]

which program did you use that works at last?

[deadone]

well all the prgrams i tried did actually work but none of them would allow me to restore the files.
luckily enough i got the links elsewere.

as for the programs i would have to say that getbackdata was the best is ease of use and its features.

Mick