[X4U] Recovery or a dead external HD

[Michael Winter]

On Jun 26, 2009, at 7:11 AM, Murray E. Milligan wrote:

> I have an external HD from a 3rd party company. I used it for my  
> Time Machine backup. I have now lost it, due to a short circuit in  
> the wiring of the HD power connection.


I know this doesn't exactly answer your question, but assuming the  
electronics that are part of the enclosure are what fried and the  
drive is fine (not a trivial assumption), I'd remove the drive and try  
it in another enclosure. External enclosures usually run around $50  
and up depending on what you want. People on the list usually know  
where the good deals are, so drop another message to the list if you  
want to go this route and need help finding a good deal or getting the  
drive transferred.

There are also "drive adapter" kits that are just the power supply and  
data cable with no actual enclosure for short term use, but I've had  
mixed results with those. They run $10-30 depending on what you want  
and the deal you can find.

Other than that, most data recovery services can get rather pricey but  
are definitely capable of transferring your data to another medium - 
depending on how damaged the drive is and how much you're willing to  
pay.

-Mike