Hi Cheffie. Been a while since I have been on this site. Good to see you are all still around.
I agree with Ade. The best option would be to configure the 'crashed' drive as a secondary and read off all the data you can, then save it to the working drive and ensure to make a backup copy after this.
Sounds like you got it under control, to be having some professionals look at it. They would do something similar, but usually have some programs to read or recover from drives that have crashed, be it software or hardware crashes. I hope it is not going to set you back major with regards to cost.
If I were near by, I would have been more than glad to look at it and attempt a recovery.
Cheers
Popeye
I agree with Ade. The best option would be to configure the 'crashed' drive as a secondary and read off all the data you can, then save it to the working drive and ensure to make a backup copy after this.
Sounds like you got it under control, to be having some professionals look at it. They would do something similar, but usually have some programs to read or recover from drives that have crashed, be it software or hardware crashes. I hope it is not going to set you back major with regards to cost.
If I were near by, I would have been more than glad to look at it and attempt a recovery.
Cheers
Popeye