I figured if anyone could help, it would be you guys. I would imagine a large majority of you are more computer savvy than anyone I know. My MBP crashed almost a year ago, I opened it one morning to find it wouldn't turn on. It doesn't properly boot, it just sounds different. The screen stays black and the light on the front isn't the same, I think it kind of goes in and out. Anyway, unfortunately I've given up on getting the Mac back, but I really need the stuff that was on it.

I heard I could put this hard drive in a new MBP when I get one, but that probably won't be anytime soon. What would the cheapest and/or easiest way to retrieve my data?

I was hoping a friend could somehow open its files and put it on an xhd? Something tells me it's not that easy though. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated 🙂. Yes if the drive has failed there are ways to get your files. But as you suspect it is VERY expensive. Or maybe I should say it can be very expensive. With most of the data recovery companies they want so much down before they even look at the drive.

And then more IF, and I mean 'IF', they feel they can get the data off it. But they do not guaranty that they will be successful. What happens when you push the power button? Does the system come to life at all? Is there anything on the screen, any lights?

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Shldr2thewheel: Right on. It's good to know there are options. However, if it comes down to something like that, I'll just have to wait until I make a lot more than what I make now. I could care less about most of the stuff, I just want all of the videos I've taken on Photo Booth. My best friend died last year and it has some of the best times of my life on there. Shootist007: I'm at work now and it's been over 6 months since I've even tried to turn it on.

From what I remember, the boot noise doesn't go 'up' like normal. It used to make two noises really fast, the latter being higher. I'm sure there's a much better way to describe it but I sure can't think of it.

The system does come to life, but it doesn't do anything. The fans turn on, the LED light slowly flashes, but the screen does nothing. I also seem to remember the sound of it being on being a lot quieter, like it wasn't actually on.

Fing app for android. I'm sorry if this isn't enough to work with. Hi friend, If not late for you, You can easily recover your hard drive.Sometimes hard drive get corrupted due to virus attacks, scratches on the hard drive, formatting/reformatting the hard drive or many such reasons.In such situations the file will not get open easily.

Hence by using a good hard drive recovery software,you can easily recover your corrupted data and save the files on you computer back. Hard drive recovery software is a very effective tool and provides complete recovery of corrupted data. For more information you can check the link: You can easily download the free trial version of the software. There are recovery programs out there, however if your HD is dead, paying pros to do data recovery is VERY costly. Some have removed the platters and installed them in likewise drives that dont have head crashes, but torque tolerances are tight, and doing it right is a bit advanced and tricky for most.