help needed to recover a maxtor external harddisk

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    i have a 250 maxtor external harddisk part of the data is lost. i used a programme from the maxtor web to recover it however it could only recover part of it. it says if i want to recover everything i need to buy the product. any one know where can i get good free software to do the job ? i tried google it but the software coludt recover everythingt
     
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    Try Free Undelete
     
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    thanks people
     
    wth17262, Aug 3, 2008
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    i dunno why most of the programe have problem reading my harddisk. it gives a msg saying unable to read file. isit because its unrepairable
     
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    Probably. Does the drive click?
     
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    what do u mean by does it click ? i can scan for the fils
     
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    Do you hear clicking from the drive.
     
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    no i dun hear any clicking sounds.
     
    wth17262, Aug 6, 2008
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    Try running a chkdsk /r on the drive
     
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    haha i tired it just get jammed
     
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    drive is toast.
     
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