External Drive Data Recovery
Can External Hard Drive Enclosures be used for Data Recovery?
…assuming the original hard drive (from a seperate computer) is not damaged?
Or do you have reformat the drive when installing the Enclosure on the new system?
Any recommendations, if any, would be highly appreciated.
Thank you!
The enclosure is just that..a box.
I’ve saved vast amounts of data pulling a drive from a PC and putting into an enclosure.
You will not need to reformat or install software ever. (don’t be fooled, they sometimes instruct you to)
You may need to go into Disk manager (XP and server) and enable the disk once connected. It will show up as another drive once active… it’s that simple.
I’ve used all types of enclosures IOgear and mwave worked well.
*tip – If the drive is bad, you can try freezing it for 2-3 hours. I’ve had that work 40% of the time. Cooling IDE chips sometimes buys you time.