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Question

Hard drive help!!!!

Feb 7, 2012 5:15PM PST

I was reading directions from my Macbook Pro in my friends shop and they set a container with a magnet in it, on top of my computer/hard drive!! I took it off right away because it was making a clicking noise so I shut it down. When I tried turning it back on, the screen was just blank and then a file icon with a question mark started flashing in the middle of the screen. I'm pretty sure my hard drive is ruined but is it still possible to get ANY of the info off of it, or am I out of luck???

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We've added some recovery titles for Apple to this link.
Feb 7, 2012 11:42PM PST
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mac data recovery
Feb 19, 2012 5:21PM PST

urm,,,,,

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Hard drive recovery for mac
Feb 21, 2012 2:28PM PST

Try Mac data recovery software to recover data from your hard drive. One of the best recovery software is Remo Recover (Mac), it can recover data from formatted and crashed hard drives efficiently. I used this software to recover my lost files (office documents and digital photos) from formatted hard drive.
Hard drive recovery for Mac is so simple by using this software. For more details visit http://www.macrecoverysoftware.net/repartitioned-mac-hard-drive-recovery.html

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ya
Apr 15, 2012 4:52PM PDT

thanks for the information .

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How to recover Mac drive data?
Jun 19, 2012 4:48PM PDT

Has anyone tried the mac drive recovery software, my hard drive has become completely inaccessible due to finder error 36 i have been facing since days, probably due to finder corruption. In the meantime i have found http://www.macharddriverecovery.com that says the software can recover from formatted volumes as well. Anyone with ideas please let me know.

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My idea: try it.
Jun 19, 2012 5:03PM PDT

And please tell your experiences.

Kees