Help me….my hard disk is damaged!!!

[roserio41040]

Hi everyone , I am employed as a manager in a firm. I have a problem that I had like to talk about. My system was working fine the other day, but while copying a file by nero….the system hanged and I had to restart it. But I got a disk boot failure error. Then , I tried to run a windows xp installation CD, but that is also showing some error message during installation and the installation fails.I did check the bios settings and the disk fails to show…and had it checked on another system also…but bios cannot detect the hard disk.I think the disk is damaged or something like that.The disk has important data from my company’s point of view…..that I need to recover.
Please let me know if there are any ways to get my data back from this disk!!!!

[tracer9]

im very sorry. after reading the steps you've already taken its clear this is true disk failure. data on the drive may or may not be recoverable but you will not be able to do it yourself.

look for a data recovery company in your area. get more than one quote as unfortunately this can be very expensive and with no guarentees.

also, welcome to our community... i wish our meeting was under better circumstance.

[gilchrist236]

I think that your disk is probably damaged …cannot guess any other reason for failure.There may be some problem in the controllers or can be another thing.The best way is to get a professional team that can recover data from damaged drives (http://www.diskemergency.com/) . They can be your best resort as they have tools and ways to get the things done.

All the best to you.

[Paul]

I concur with the other posters. Every major city has data recovery companies and they have gotten very good at extracting data from damaged disks. Your companies IT department can probably make a recommendation. If you dont wish to involve the IT department, check with local computer repair shops, they should be able to recommend a good data recovery company.
The important thing at the moment is, disconnect the hard drive (especially the power) to avoid any further damage.
I wish we could be of more help. I am sorry for your troubles and good luck.