Mac Mini - Hardrive crash

[xadmz]

I was recently using my computer the other day which is a mac mini. I left it on and came back to use it and when I just clicked the mouse the screen froze. I tried using Ctrl-Alt-Esc but nothing worked so I just turned off the computer. I rebooted it again and I hear a clicking noise and the computer wont load, just a blank white screen. Repeated the same thing multiple times and still the same. Unfortunatley for me I didn't make a backup of the hard drive. I brought the computer into the apple store to get it fixed.

I wanted to know if there is any way to salvage(data recovery) any of the files from the hardrive or someway to recover them. I looked at how much it costs to do a data recovery and the price seems way to expensive.

 

[r.j.s]

Data recovery is expensive because it is a very involved process, and there is no way around it if the computer doesn't recognize the drive.

 

[xadmz]

Could a program like Data Rescue II work to recover the files.

 

[r.j.s]

Could a program like Data Rescue II work to recover the files.

If the drive is dead, then no. That works best for deleted files.

 

[JustGretchen]

If the drive is dead, then no. That works best for deleted files.

He can give it a shot. It was able to recover almost 10gb of data from my friend's clicking and unable to boot 100gb ATA drive in his powerbook about 2 years ago the first time I ever used it.

Don't ask me how it did it, but it did, I was VERY surprised.

 

[toolbox]

I normally put clicking drives in a static back then into a freezer back then yes into the freezer. That technique has worked a few times for me