Recovering documents from a broken hard disk
Using advanced tools to read documents from a faulty disk
Oct. 15, 2020 - Willem L. Middelkoop
This week I received a message from someone with a iMac that crashed. It contained more than 50.000 photos, covering two decades of personal history. As there was no backup, it was up to me to attempt to safe as much as I could. Could I possibly recover the personal photos?
Continue reading![Ohhhh no! Trouble! Read errors while copying photos!](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_11_Ohhhh-no-Trouble-Read-errors-while-copying-photos_500px.jpg)
![Ultimately I was able to rescue all other photos!](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_14_Ultimately-I-was-able-to-rescue-all-other-photos_500px.jpg)
![The iMac’s innards are visible after removing the display](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_05_The-iMac-s-innards-are-visible-after-removing-the-display_500px.jpg)
![The hard disk inside the iMac - containing the personal photos](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_06_The-hard-disk-inside-the-iMac-containing-the-personal-photos_500px.jpg)
![Connecting the salvaged disk to another Mac](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_09_Connecting-the-salvaged-disk-to-another-Mac_500px.jpg)
![This chip is was originally part of a external USB disk drive - you might have one around that you can use for this](/blog/2020-10-15_rescuing-photos-from-a-crashed-imac/images/i_08_This-chip-is-was-originally-part-of-a-external-USB-disk-drive-you-might-have-one-around-that-you-can_500px.jpg)