Did I FUBAR my MBP HD??

[MT0227]

OK...so now that I've pulled my head out of my @ss and slammed it into the wall a few times for being stupid, I'm ready to explain my problem.

My MacBook Pro 17" UNI (late 09) took a 3.5 foot jump off my bed (while on) and landed on its front right corner (the one near the power light); other than the cosmetic smush of the aluminum everything else seemed to run ok; I was able to check email, run safari. Surely not a true test, I decided to do the extended hardware probe and got the following error: 4HDD/11/40000004:SATA(0,0) <=This can't be good.

Upon restart (first since the fall) I got the blinking folder with ?; I tried to perform a verify and repair, but disk utility was unable to do either.

I have a fairly recent backup, but would like to get a few files off the machine if possible. Any suggestions on how to recover my files and get the HD running again would most appreciated.

Thanks,

Marc

 

[MacDawg]

Here is the support article on the flashing folder with the ?

If you have data that needs to be recovered, you can try Disk Warrior or Data Rescue 3 or File Salvage

You can also try JFileRecovery or SafeCopy

 

[Jaro65]

I have Data Rescue 2 (haven't upgraded to version 3) which I used successfully before. You must have one tall bed though! 3.5 ft? Unless you're ready to change some of your bedroom furniture, you may be a prime target audience for an SSD.

 

[yaroldb]

I know this sounds really simple, but did you check to make sure the cable connecting you HD was not lose or did not come off in the fall?