How to get data out of a defective HDD ?

How did it get unallocated ?

gregrocker said:

Run the HD maker's HD Diagnostic extended CD scan on the HD, followed by Disk Check from Win7 DVD or REpair CD Command Line if it is repaired enough to check the file system.

I have studied the HD Diagnostic, thank you.
But as it's a Toshiba drive, I seem not able to get diagnostic tool. Toshiba cannot identify the drive from it's S/N.
I have attached a dump to this reply, that shows info for the drive.
Can you help me further on ?

AddRAM said:

How did it get unallocated ?

My grandchild says, that she got angry at the computer, and hit it

writhziden said:

You may be better off with something that will recover from a drive even if the drive is typically unreadable: PhotoRec - CGSecurity

It's for a windows 7 64bit. Which one to choose, and how to make a bootable CD ?

I ran Gparted, that includes Testdisk.

The HDD seems to be dead.

Please look at the 2 photos attached.

darkhorse said:

gregrocker said:

Run the HD maker's HD Diagnostic extended CD scan on the HD, followed by Disk Check from Win7 DVD or REpair CD Command Line if it is repaired enough to check the file system.

I have studied the HD Diagnostic, thank you.
But as it's a Toshiba drive, I seem not able to get diagnostic tool. Toshiba cannot identify the drive from it's S/N.
I have attached a dump to this reply, that shows info for the drive.
Can you help me further on ?

If you click the link for Toshiba it gives you a DOS CD scan ISO file to download, burn to CD using an image burner like Windows Image Burner or ImgBurn, then boot to run the full scan.

gregrocker said:

If you click the link for Toshiba it gives you a DOS CD scan ISO file to download, burn to CD using an image burner like Windows Image Burner or ImgBurn, then boot to run the full scan.

I've run across this problem in Crashes and Debugging. The problem with Toshiba drives is they are not Fujitsu Brand:

Toshiba Storage Products Warranty Support > Software Utilities said:

It is only designed for use with Fujitsu Branded Toshiba ATA/IDE hard drives

I usually recommend that people just run the short and long tests with SeaTools, but in cases like this where the drive is dying, it is better to try to get all the data off before doing any intensive testing that might render the drive in worse shape. At some point, SeaTools may still be recommended to determine how bad the damage is; first priority should be obtaining the important data off the drive, though.

Thanks writhziden. We'll need to update HD Diagnostic link, it appears.

Try copying out the data to external or USB first using Win7 DVD or System Repair Disk by this method: Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console

Or use free Paragon rescue disk ; recover data

darkhorse said:

AddRAM said:

How did it get unallocated ?

My grandchild says, that she got angry at the computer, and hit it

I`m sorry , I couldn`t resist.

What other machine do you have it hooked up to ? A desktop I presume. You should be able to hold the drive in your hand and rotate your wrist and feel if it`s working.