ohdaho Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 My hard drive on my MBP crapped out on me about a month back, but Im finally getting the time to work on this. Unfortunately, I didnt have time to back stuff up...Should I got with a SSD HD or just go with a normal HD at a fraction of the cost? I dont game, and I rarely ever use my laptop much anymore since Im getting a tablet soon. What SSD should I go with? ...lastly. Is there anything I can do to try to salvage the data off the LBTS drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh1234 Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 SSD's have several advantages, but I'm not sure that they outweigh the "price" and "capacity" factors.As for the data, there's lots of stuff you can do to try and recover it... I used to buy bad laptops off ebay, and I used to LOOOOVE going through all the "bad" HD's lookin' for porn. Found quite a bit, too. Don't use the drive AT ALL anymore until you've done research... if it's a mechanical failure, there are only xxx amount of spins left for that drive before it's completely unreadable or further degrades. so research, clone, recover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 For the average person, SSD is not worth the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 For the average person, SSD is not worth the cost.That all depends on what your application is. If you're just screwing around on the interwebs, then yes, a SSD would be overkill. If you want to screw around on the interwebs without waiting for a long boot time, then you want an SSD. Just understand that cheap SSD's start at 60GB and go up, cheap HD's start at 160GB and go up. Price vs. storage capacity/performance is up to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 (edited) That all depends on what your application is. If you're just screwing around on the interwebs, then yes, a SSD would be overkill. If you want to screw around on the interwebs without waiting for a long boot time, then you want an SSD. Just understand that cheap SSD's start at 60GB and go up, cheap HD's start at 160GB and go up. Price vs. storage capacity/performance is up to you.I don't think anyone still makes a hard drive that small still. well maybe for a laptop but a desktop probably not.hell I just bought a 1T seagate sata drive for $59 at microcenter. and a 250 gb WD "my passport essentials" portable external storage drive for $29 at target. Edited October 15, 2011 by serpentracer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStump Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 If you store a lot, go with a hard drive. If you need it to run intensive programs that are usually slow to respond, and don't need the extra space, get SSD.As far as the old drive, get an external HDD dock. If the computer can read the drive just use that and grab all the files you want and your done. If it's not reading, throw it in a ziplock bag and put it in the freezer for a few hours and then try again with the dock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rtal1ty Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Yep, data can be salvaged if the drive still somewhat works; SpinRite is the first tool I would use. Norton Ghost and MHDD are also good tools for cloning and diagnostics. SSDs are one of the best ways to upgrade an old machine but if its not worth it I'd look into a reliable conventional drive. Western Digital is a solid brand.. Seagate not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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