A basic hard drive data recovery walkthrough at Rossmann Repair

[@drdoubleU]

211 views in 3 minutes? You fell off. Give the channel to clinton.

[@hzqki]

this.

[@mr_b_hhc]

Nice user names. Man big companies are getting desperate employing you monkeys.

[@mmmm768]

cancer

[@hzqki]

@@mmmm768 lets be real, were all here for clinton anyway 😭

[@Sf08321]

I miss when KZbin comments were actually about the content in the video

[@alexscottthompson812]

Now THIS is the oldschool Louis that I remember!

[@p_mouse8676]

Yeah. I mean the rest is all for a good cause 👍🏻, but I am really missing the tech videos 😢

[@Gameboygenius]

Yeah, back when he still had a beard, didn't hide his accent and worked from the back of a barn. How the times have changed.

[@jerrylees]

Right?? I mean, I find the others with commentary on current events interesting-- but THIS is what I miss. I thought it was just move to another channel that I didn't know about.

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

I send all my data recovery customers to Rossmann Repair Group. They know what they're doing.

[@rossmanngroup]

Thank you!

[@thahrimdon]

I started an IT business last year and have really enjoyed helping people along the way. PLEASE keep doing these videos. I feel like I’m learning “the proper” way to do things. Thanks guys!

[@701Builder]

Thank you Rossman Repair Group 2 for recovering data off a bad WD passport usb mechanical drive just a couple weeks ago!

[@rossmanngroup]

Thank you for honoring us with your trust with your data!

[@ChristopherBurtraw]

Is it the one in the latest recovery video?

[@HurricaneOK1]

"...And this is the 'bench' where Louis uses our balls to probe circuits for shorts when we misbehave."

[@YR7A]

Haven't watched the channel in several years. I remember Louis looking a little different, but I'm glad to see that he's posting the same sort of content. I look forward to watching more!

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

lmao

[@blackrifle6736]

*Louis, thank you for posting this. Watching this Master exercising his craft is a sheer delight. Cheers!*

[@BillAnt]

Wonder for how much longer. As spinning drives are getting replaced by solid state, this is not a good biz to start now (it was great). Unfortunately SSD's are more difficult to fix than spinning drives.

[@dh2032]

@@BillAnt the big stuff still on spinning rust,

[@thahrimdon]

@@BillAnt probably for a good bit longer tbh. It’s still miles cheaper per gigabyte to store data on an HDD

[@BillAnt]

​@@thahrimdon - Yes of course large servers are still using spinner, but even that is just a matter of time till it gets replaced with solid state. Probably will last for the next 5-10 years. Regular consumers pc/laptops virtually all are using SSD's now.

[@thahrimdon]

​@@BillAnt I still doubt it. In general, hard drives are currently more reliable and don't have a write capacity like SSD's, even though the "reliability" is so insignificant among all the factors of modern SSD's, it's negligible. When setting up for redundancy in a RAID array hard drives reading and writing certain types of data will barely perform slower than SSD's due to the RAID controller as the bottleneck (don't quote me on this). They're also are much safer for data recovery allowing you to recover what's left of corrupted sectors and such, which is harder for flash storage (e.g. wear leveling, etc). I don't see the price per gigabyte ratio for HDD's to SSD's getting any better. Lastly, for large amounts of data, SSD's will *most likely* ALWAYS be more expensive to some degree, and if all you're hosting is media files than can be easily servers on a 7200 RPM drive, an SSD is essentially useless in comparison. All of that isn't to say we'll *never* migrate to SSD's completely, it's sort of like the electric cars vs. gas cars debate and how there will be use cases for gas engines for the foreseeable future unless a breakthrough occurs. Just my take.

[@WibleWobble]

38:22 "It's not the best soldering... so we're gonna fix it" The true mark of a good man with integrity and respect for his customers

[@llwellyncuhfwarthen]

I like to see these, I try to watch them all as I like learning about electronics.

[@FoolShortOG]

I really needed this after dropping my external drive, thank you!

[@ChristopherWoods]

Your videos are always interesting, and the topics you cover the most are thought provoking, but I’ll always have a soft spot for videos on topics like data recovery 😌 shop videos are always appreciated!

[@ForTheBirbs]

Thank you Chris. Good to see you're going well.

[@stefanovinto283]

...at last the office of my dreams...you are a genius!

[@0blivioniox864]

Fascinating. Now I know what those extra few pins are for on drives.

[@jackburton6330]

It's that debug mode baby!

[@Guishan_Lingyou]

Thank you for showing us laypeople a little bit about how data recovery is done. Very interesting.

[@radthadd]

First! This is the video so many needed but somehow never asked for. Thanx

[@gurrag79]

Watched this 3 times in a row now to bring up the view count. Best part is when the lady enters. All 3 times I begged for a new Rossmann channel twist involving a 2024-style handy man being subdued by a lonely lady who noticed the lights in the workshop were on late one evening, and saw a man inside working with extremely delicate fingers... What can such delicate fingers do for me, she thought while knocking the glass entrance door...

[@TheSh_dow]

How many screens do you want? Yes.

[@robertseptim3579]

I've been needing this! You guys are psychic!

[@AkoaGenesis]

Cool vid. Thanks for posting and showing us how you work.

[@UnderGeorge]

Dzięki wielkie za dobry tutek. Pozdrawiam serdecznie

[@Kreiser_VII]

I will download this video

[@The_Orchestrator_of_Chaos]

40:52 O witam pana polaka🤩 Eng: Welcome my polish friend.

[@zenobikraweznick]

Wiedziałem już od początku 😎

[@Aquarium78]

Miło usłyszeć polski język :)

[@lbdjthethird1240]

Funny this video happens to pop today, I recently bought a new PC because my old one bricked on me. Previous one is still a good rig, just needs to be revived from the dead. Old me would have just junked it but planning on getting into a local tech and having them perform miracles.

[@yuhhhhhhe46644]

thanks for sharing the knowledge

[@Gwynnbleid1]

Miło było o 40:51 usłyszeć polski język :) Pozdrowienia z Warszawy!

[@bogumipiskorz2752]

Pozdrowienia z Austin!!!

[@Cthulch]

Thanks for this. It was very interesting. Very educational.

[@AZisk]

Hey everybody how’s it going? Hope you’re having a lovely day

[@nes999]

I've been hoping this day would come. Tornado's are ripping thru, tomorrow will suck. I'm glad to have a small window away for a bit.

[@Delbzy]

This is such an interesting watch. Great content

[@steelsteez6118]

Dude! Had no idea you liked spinnaker. Just saw your profile pic. I was lucky enough to get one of their 50 phantoms black dial with ghost bezel 👻. Excited for their SpongeBob collab next week! Their Spence 300 in white dial that just came out is awesome too.

[@Kryssthealien]

Wow, I never opened a computer in my life, I just followed your tutorial and now I'm on Amazon looking for a new computer. Thank you Louis friend!

[@superhacker35]

Amazing job soldering

[@NotoriousRawDogger]

Finally some quality content and not Louis whining

[@KryzysX]

Truly heartening!

[@janzibansi9218]

In todays Episode: not an angry man yelling at the camera. I leave a like and will remember this Video when my hard drive inevitable breaks

[@PetrusEksteen]

This is where the magic happens

[@jub8891]

step 1: buy all the monitors you can find

[@Qruxat]

Trafiłem przez przypadek, oglądam i w 40:50 słyszę polski język, szukam czy to na innej karci mi się coś włączyło?? Nie, to Ty! :D pozdrawiam dobra robota.

[@bogumipiskorz2752]

:D Pozdrawiam!

[@fhangorn]

Man, I get the matrix computer room vibes from your setup there.

[@adriantepes-qu8wm]

this guy needs more monitors

[@jackburton6330]

Bro recovered it. Golf clap!

[@strangus]

Nice setup. However, I think you need a few more screens.

[@AridersLifeYT]

i appreciate this very much

[@HomiesOfMars]

loving this content

[@kinglarry3727]

This set up makes me shake with envy

[@Pro4TLZZ]

Nice tagline at the end

[@Pro4TLZZ]

Good repair job too

[@flightofapaullo72]

Hey Louis!

[@john005_]

At last a place I can trust that I might be able to send my dying hdd that I have not touched for the last 10 years because I dont want to kill it and I dont know where I can send it.

[@unitech380]

Holy shit this is insane work, good job

[@Haldrie]

I would love to send you my hard drives that I need recovered but I'm waiting until I have the money saved up to afford your amazing service. I have one drive that I know you will need to pull apart to recover and I've heard it can cost about $900 for a drive like that...actually I have 2 such drives so yeah...money first.

[@JoanMendoza]

Thanks for the info!

[@TOTALpopedom]

ddrescue is a hell of a tool

[@roadblox7283]

We want to see more of the store.

[@mdshipon4420]

Good Job Sir❤❤

[@tpd1864blake]

I was looking at the prices my college charges for various tech services, and it’s insane $20 to install up to 2 programs $50 for virus removal $50 to install Windows $100 to transfer data from one device to another Meanwhile Rossman’s repair shop is just teaching you how to undelete files for free. If my college even offered that, they’d probably charge $600 for it

[@rossmanngroup]

Those prices are insanely cheap. 90% of the time that you're transferring data from one device to another, you are going to spend 45 minutes dealing with somebody who asks where their Outlook email is and why their desktop looks different.

[@tpd1864blake]

@@rossmanngroup LOL I forgot that most professional tech support is geared toward people who have no idea what a RAM stick is. But still, $50 to install Windows when I can do it in 20 minutes with a spare USB feels like scam to me. And they don’t even have data recovery as a service. Does your shop have any problems working with systems that use Linux? I’ve heard horror stories about repair shops wiping the data and installing Windows because it’s “unbootable” or refusing to install a new keyboard on a laptop with Linux

[@gaspumprepairservice7009]

@@tpd1864blake are you missing opportunity then? If you can install Windows, transfer files, and such, why are you not charging folks for those services? Hail, Capitalism.

[@maciej12345678]

Ty cwaniaku jeden :P

[@bogumipiskorz2752]

Mr. Clinton chciał uciec :D

[@opfijqwhnien]

Finally back with good content

[@WDDS-bz9ug]

Nice stuff

[@fracturedlife1393]

setup looking good. did you get tips from someone other than Louis?

[@leod9968]

How much do data recovery services like the ones shown on the video cost in the US? I live in Argentina and I don't know if there's someone here who offer these kind of services. I'm just curious if these data recovery services are directed to end consumers or if they're expensive in a way that only companies can afford them.

[@beeeennnnnnn]

man i missed old school Louis in the shop

[@shieldmaidensnusnu]

That monitor setup @w@

[@iAmKoKash]

But the pc-3000 portable is sooo damn expensive... 7000 - 12000 dollars is complete madness.

[@Hal-Gas]

As much as I agree is expensive, but if you look at what you can actually charge per each recovery, even though lat assume you do one per week, 52 in a year, if you charge $1K per recovery you have your investment repaid and your profit in one year, or 12 jobs it will repay it. BUT if you do not do many recoveries, then that is an issue.

[@rossmanngroup]

It's incredibly cheap if you contrast the price of that piece of equipment with the amount of time and education it would take you to reverse engineer the firmware on all these drives from scratch.

[@mjmeans7983]

Next FUTO project maybe? OSH+OSS version of PC-3000 to empower everyone to be able to do their own repairs in their kitchen without having to start a business to recoup their costs?

[@Alvin2000]

Thank you!

[@modifymydevice]

Do you currently offer any partnership programs?

[@raivodusty2139]

Hard to watch without you in background Louis, still enjoy content. Would there be an European company you trust that i could borrow for my alien laptop motherboard repair? ty

[@MadManMoon2112]

FASCINATING

[@paulcohen1555]

Which software are you using? Is it yours proprietary or can it be bought? WHERE?

[@bogumipiskorz2752]

AceLab PC3000

[@williamphanz]

SUPER COOL!

[@Bryan420BS]

based on your experiences if a secondary HDD that is separate from the main OS drive prevents the computer from booting and causes a sluggish performance feel ....what could that mean? I have tried an external adaptors after booting the computer and then turning the drive on but once i do that computer basically wont function and will not detect the drive. The LED blinks likes its trying to do something but nothing happens. If I'm explaining that clearly. Should i let the drive run overnight...?

[@Bryan420BS]

and the Startup Repair tool doesn't seem to get anything accomplished. If unplug the drive the computer boot as normal and everything is smooth going.

[@incandescentwithrage]

Startup repair is for the OS drive, so that won't help you. Sounds like the drive is dead or dying causing I/O retries (making the computer seem slow). Stop using it and give it to a tech if you value the data. If you don't value the data, just replace it.

[@Topher_Knows]

You make me want to buy a new programmer.

[@kiryuukazuma04]

Funny that it's all Seagate drives, I thought when people say that Seagate HDD is very prone to fail was biased. Until I got 2 of mine failed in less than a year.

[@V530-15ICR]

Cool!

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

Remember RAID is no replacement for backups

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

But if you do have RAID, you don't have to do hard drive recovery

[@MSNsee4d]

This is some powerfull stuff....

[@ferasalfarsi897]

if I want to learn data recovery, from where can I learn?

[@escanormorph1883]

Is this the right place to ask if Louis Rossman can take care of disabled ipad air's? I'm afraid I may have lost all my pics. Is there something that can be done?

[@vjay4297]

You need more screens

[@KellersTechCorner]

how much does the portable pc 3000 iii run?

[@ronkali5365]

I have 2 hard drives they are not dead took them out my Toshiba recorders.Made the mistake of tossing the records windows cannot read what on the drives.. Can you guys recover the files ?

[@AlfredNobel-u1u]

I have a hard time understanding, I may be dumb, but for example for drive one, what was the issue ? Just re-flashing the rom made it work again ?!

[@deingewissen_official]

New glasses Louis? 🤔

[@mrpotch]

How do i fix my hdd that always disconnects itself in less than 10 seconds? Im able to see all the files and folders but theres not enough time to transfer them since i can only access the contents of my hdd for less than 10 seconds :(

[@Aweddingstoryofficial]

Sir i am from India data recovery possible from my 6tb extarnal hard disk..

[@xsarchitect]

I have a Seagate external that got knocked over, it doesn't make any clicking noises or obvious mechanical damage noise, it just never shows files

[@bogumipiskorz2752]

You can send it to us. The estimate is free

[@blasandresayalagarcia3472]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!! 😂 LEEEETS GOOOO!!!

[@ElGoogKO]

Where's the rant? Where's the bad news man? No bad news today?

[@Grulaz]

if there is any company i would trust with my data it's this one

[@khalidAnu]

what software are you using

[@bogumipiskorz2752]

PC3000 from AceLab www.acelab.eu.com/

[@lukasibanda6730]

I have formatted my hard drive for more than five times. Can i recover my previous files in the first installation?

[@bogumipiskorz2752]

Most likely the data has already been overwritten. You can download R-Studio and scan the drive, maybe it will find something in the RAW

[@SnowRaver-p2v]

My first thought seeing this video, "oh fun!" Haha

[@ViperChief117]

Just lost a hard drive myself with two years worth of video game walkthroughs I recorded off it. Kinda frustrating. Lol

[@hwhat]

hello rossmann repair group, i have a question, is it possible to recover data from an overheated usb (makes the whole laptop really laggy and constantly disconnects to the point that its undetectable)

[@bogumipiskorz2752]

Every case is different, but most likely yes.

[@EricBarthDev]

Louis looks different. Did he shift bodies again ?

[@doktormozg]

I gotta say this guude is very meditative haha

[@maritoguionyo]

Drive recovery

[@lomein2186]

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[@thrm0nuclear727]

What flux do you guys use?