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Need some help - broken hard drive/replacement questions
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<blockquote data-quote="techiesteve" data-source="post: 1647979" data-attributes="member: 98520"><p>There are two versions of Data Rescue, Data Rescue 4 for Macs, and Data Rescue 3 PC for Windows. </p><p></p><p>To attempt recovering your photo's you need the Mac version. As it's economical replacing your MacBook Pro's hard drive, consider a standard 5400rpm hard drive or an SSD. I've installed 1TB hard drives in the Mid 2009 MacBook Pro's, and SSD's up to 960GB. I'm typing this on a 15" Mid 2009 2.8GHz MBP 8GB and a crucial 512GB M500 SSD. I'd never go back to the old original hard drive. Choose the drive that suits your requirements and budget, fit it and install your chosen OS.</p><p></p><p>Then mount your failed drive in a 2.5" SATA drive box. This is more versatile than a caddy in which your drive is likely to sit upright, as sometimes it's beneficial to lay a freezer block on the drive to cool it, then rotating to another if still needed. Download the demo of Data Rescue and see if a data recovery is possible. Typical instances when it might not be possible are if Data Rescue can't see the drive, if it's continually clicking or if the spindle motor isn't running. There's no need to consider running the PC version of Data Rescue when it won't recover data from a Mac initialised drive. </p><p></p><p>Good luck with recovering your photos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="techiesteve, post: 1647979, member: 98520"] There are two versions of Data Rescue, Data Rescue 4 for Macs, and Data Rescue 3 PC for Windows. To attempt recovering your photo's you need the Mac version. As it's economical replacing your MacBook Pro's hard drive, consider a standard 5400rpm hard drive or an SSD. I've installed 1TB hard drives in the Mid 2009 MacBook Pro's, and SSD's up to 960GB. I'm typing this on a 15" Mid 2009 2.8GHz MBP 8GB and a crucial 512GB M500 SSD. I'd never go back to the old original hard drive. Choose the drive that suits your requirements and budget, fit it and install your chosen OS. Then mount your failed drive in a 2.5" SATA drive box. This is more versatile than a caddy in which your drive is likely to sit upright, as sometimes it's beneficial to lay a freezer block on the drive to cool it, then rotating to another if still needed. Download the demo of Data Rescue and see if a data recovery is possible. Typical instances when it might not be possible are if Data Rescue can't see the drive, if it's continually clicking or if the spindle motor isn't running. There's no need to consider running the PC version of Data Rescue when it won't recover data from a Mac initialised drive. Good luck with recovering your photos. [/QUOTE]
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