How would you handle this "homegrown" situation?

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Hard-drive badly damaged, but my critical videos are still on there (memories like the birth of my kids, weddings, my honeymoon and all types of celebrations). The downside is I also have homegrown movies from my 20s (I know I should have deleted it, but, of course I didn't). It's not my wife, but a few chicks from my younger days before my wife and I started dating.

Well, I found a company and they took a quick look and can fix it for a reasonable amount ($300). They need to go through my drive, repair it, and transfer the files to a new hard drive. Of course, I'm worried about the homegrown falling into the wrong hands.

How wold you go about recovering valuable videos, knowing there is also the potential for some bad actor to mismanage your sensitive files?

 

[Flawless]

What's wrong with the drive?

 

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What's wrong with the drive?

Viruses and corrupted files. According to them, it's damaged pretty badly.

I tried a recovery program for around $100 in an attempt to do it myself. It only gave me roughly 50 out of 600+ videos.

 

[Lexx Diamond]

Have you tried this...

Has anyone ever used this for data recovery?

https://www.zilkee.com/pages/5-reasons?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CjwKCAjwgqejBhBAEiwAuWHioHmMT4DibDAFHRFbNStjC7VI_a9ipRysAAialT5Loatq2Xx8WJk26hoCrq4QAvD_BwE

www.bgol.us

 

[55th View]

Have you tried this...

Has anyone ever used this for data recovery?

https://www.zilkee.com/pages/5-reasons?utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=Youtube&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CjwKCAjwgqejBhBAEiwAuWHioHmMT4DibDAFHRFbNStjC7VI_a9ipRysAAialT5Loatq2Xx8WJk26hoCrq4QAvD_BwE

www.bgol.us

Good looking out Lexx.

I read this comment in the link your posted, which is exactly what's occurring with mine:

"BTW, if the HD is clicking or making off-brand/screeching noises, the heads have crashed & you are going to need major work."

 

[alexw]

Man just pay the $300. As long as it isn't the wife's homegrown you're good. I doubt theyll look that hard at your files tho. They have other shit to do.

 

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OK. Lots of progress made. Extracted the videos from my external hard drive and ran them through online repair software. Audio is great. No breaks in the file, and the only remaining issue is a green screen.

Does anyone know how to repair the video itself? Audio and run time are both perfect - simply can't get rid of this green screen.

 

[dasailr03]

dude you a pathetic fuck, you still worried about some homegrown shit when you were a youngin? man.. trash that shit and move the fuck on, everybody has.

 

[TittyMaster404]

dude you a pathetic fuck, you still worried about some homegrown shit when you were a youngin? man.. trash that shit and move the fuck on, everybody has.

 

[WattDogs]

OK. Lots of progress made. Extracted the videos from my external hard drive and ran them through online repair software. Audio is great. No breaks in the file, and the only remaining issue is a green screen.

Does anyone know how to repair the video itself? Audio and run time are both perfect - simply can't get rid of this green screen.

Strip the file from it's container & place it in a new one.

Most times, it's the container that's damaged.

 

[xxxbishopxxx]

Strip the file from it's container & place it in a new one.

Most times, it's the container that's damaged.

How exactly do you do that?

 

[godofwine]

II swear, this is why I love this site. Folks will help. Some will clown but folks will help

How exactly do you do that?

 

[Rip2dbone]

I learn dat "BACK UP LESSON" long ago

 

[Z MONSTER]

Download and burn a live CD of Knoppix. Put it in you computer (if it has a DVD drive). Once it boots up you should be able to search the hard drive and copy the videos to a thumb drive.

 

[zod16]

I learn dat "BACK UP LESSON" long ago

Backup rule I learned the hard way back when I had g4 PowerBook
3=2
2=1
1=0

 

[WattDogs]

II swear, this is why I love this site. Folks will help. Some will clown but folks will help

Dude, I didn't realize I never answered this question. My fault, bro.

Do you still need assistance?

 

[peterlongshort]

I had a crash about 15 years ago on a fonky ass Dell computer and lost everything. Never again. As someone said earlier, if it’s a clicking noise, that is most likely a mechanical issue, which is relatively easy to fix. They are goong to take the spinning disk out of the case and put it in a new one. They have to do that in a closed lab free of dust and shit. If that’s the case they will never look at the data. If it’s a data corruption issue then they have to recover the data and maybe look at it.

 

[bham_brotha]

Hard-drive badly damaged, but my critical videos are still on there (memories like the birth of my kids, weddings, my honeymoon and all types of celebrations). The downside is I also have homegrown movies from my 20s (I know I should have deleted it, but, of course I didn't). It's not my wife, but a few chicks from my younger days before my wife and I started dating.

Well, I found a company and they took a quick look and can fix it for a reasonable amount ($300). They need to go through my drive, repair it, and transfer the files to a new hard drive. Of course, I'm worried about the homegrown falling into the wrong hands.

How wold you go about recovering valuable videos, knowing there is also the potential for some bad actor to mismanage your sensitive files?

lol I made this exact topic on here many years ago. Had a shitload of homegrown on a drive and it went out on me. I didn't feel like the risk of leaving it with some folks to do data recovery was worth it so I just ended up pouring lighter fluid on it and cooking that bitch down to nothing.

 

[Duece]

Considering I have videos of me smoking crack on my hard drives, if they fail, I'm just dumping them.

 

[godofwine]

Considering I have videos of me smoking crack on my hard drives, if they fail, I'm just dumping them.

 

[Curtwalk]

Al been there for a while.
Just imagine the type of shit he done seen and heard off the air.
I bet that dude got some stories