How to Restore Data and Files from Old IDE Hard Drive

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Dany· Answered on Dec 20, 2022

You can employ a software tool to recover data from a dead hard drive. It appears that a partition on the drive has failed. There is a multitude of methods out there that can help you recover files from bad sectors and bad partitions. You can format the entire drive if you don't care about the data.

To troubleshoot the IDE hard drive, you can:

• Ensure both drives aren't configured for the same setting, master or slave.
• Check that the power is turned on and that everything is securely linked.
• Check that the drive is enabled in the system BIOS. If this is not the case, choose auto-detect.
• Check that the IDE cable is properly attached.

You'll notice a stripe running down the side of the cable that indicates pin 1. Pin 1 is usually the one nearest to the power connector. If you have this reversed, the drive will either be silent or fail to turn on.

The formatted space of the old IDE hard drive will always be slightly less than the specified storage capacity. Don't be concerned; this is normal. There is a distinction between how the operating system and the manufacturers measure drive size. Hard drive manufacturers employ round numbers for scaling, although operating systems display the actual version.

Don't be worried if you've lost files on your hard drive. the specialized data recovery tool - EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, can assist. It will fully scan and restore your disk data in seconds after the system crash and boot trouble. Before you begin, make a bootable USB. Then, start Data Recovery Wizard from the bootable disk. Then, follow the procedures below to recover lost data from a dead HDD.

After that, restore the photos simply follow these easy steps:

• Download and Install EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard on your Windows 7 PC.
• After launching the application, select a drive and click Scan.
• Examine the images you want to recover.
• When you click Recover, your photos will be recovered.