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<title><![CDATA[By: wiley]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174125</link>
<description><![CDATA[this is a waste of time...i lost some stuff on my external hd and ran the program...well, it found everthing but would not let me get it back...a waste of time]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:23:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Don Bernstein]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174124</link>
<description><![CDATA[Answer to Nurd (comment #19)
Their correct address is simply Seattle, WA...NOT Washington D.C.
Correct zip code for Seattle.
I've written them regarding their mistake.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:38:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Trucker]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174123</link>
<description><![CDATA[#2 Janet &amp; #39 RecoveryMechanic Support --- Janet, you´re issue with the HDD is a partition problem and can´t be repaired with a FAT/NTFS tool...

If you got a boot virus on the HDD then must you use a second PC to fix the problem to avoid damage on your daily used PC.

But you need a special tool like <a href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download" title="TestTool" rel="nofollow"> <b>TestTool</b> to repair partition problems.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:02:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Giveaway of the Day project team]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174122</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi Ande,

try to run the program via the list of installed programs in your Windows Start menu.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:11:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: KennethJ]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174121</link>
<description><![CDATA[I've been using this program since this morning, and I'm SO HAPPY it's on GAOTD right now. It's really a godsend. I used Testdisk to create a .dd image file from a failing hard drive, and I was able to use this program to MOUNT and RECOVER files from an HFS+ (Mac OS X) partition. The only problem is that each file has an extra .efs_ntfs appended to each file extension, so I have to delete that before I can use the file I just recovered. I emailed support about it, and I'm seeing what they have to say about it. But color me impressed, because I'm able to do this partition and file recovery from Windows, instead of having to mess with command line linux. I couldn't spend $130 on it, but for a lower price (ie $30, maybe $40) I'd be willing to buy it. My data is important, but not $130 important.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:45:22 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: CompNetTeach]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174120</link>
<description><![CDATA[#41 Techless

Though Recovery Mechanic advises to install this as a portable application (i.e. saving the executable directory on a flash drive), the install program will make the unwanted registry entries to the system that it is installed with.

When you leave such orphaned context menu, driver &amp; DirectX entries in the registry after "uninstalling" the offending software, it makes Windows become unstable.  How unstable it becomes can vary, and problems increase over time as you use more such offenders.  The net result is that reinstalling Windows is often the only viable repair method.

Sloppy program design should not be rewarded.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:31:30 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: AntonYoo]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174119</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ok, right off, and booting from its download onto USB, and with the GOTD registry properly entered and accepted from the downloaded computer, here's my findings:
1. Availability is misspelled as it searches for drives. Bad sign.
2. When the application opens, it still states Evaluation Version with Enter Key in blue. Ugh...stupid, so far.
3. Redownloaded from GOTD onto the damaged computer's functioning primary disk, copied the info from .txt, entered it,and the key button disappeared. Sheesh.

Folks, with with it states for FULL recovery, its going to be a long time for 931 gb to be acted upon. We'll see if that's even possible to review in the time alloted today. And, please don't you yuckster newbies NOT downgrade my real analysis here, for it reveals how little you understand these machines operation. My experience began at IBM in Boca Raton in '81, where its PC was "hatched", and nothing is "poof" just cause you wish it, capice? Go play on FB or play a game.

4. 6:23 minutes into it, 2701 folders, 518512 files]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:28:36 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: LancasterPA]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174118</link>
<description><![CDATA[Uninstalled Recovery Mechanic in Win8 x64.  Left a lot of remnants that CCleaner found.  It also did not remove itself from the start menu and I can not figure out how to do that.  CCleaner is not removing it but when you click on the program or uninstall it goes to the Desktop and does nothing.  The program is gone but not forgotten as I would have liked.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:26:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: LancasterPA]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174117</link>
<description><![CDATA[To RecoveryMechanic_Support, My neighbor just got her computer back from being repaired because her screen was flickering.  After a month she got it back to find a password was required that she never initiated. She contacted the repair company that told her that is the way they received it from her.  I did what I could and the computer showed no operating system found. The bios and the hdd is locked and I can not put on another windows OS. I believe since they had this 4 weeks and never contacted her for a password, that they bricked the hard drive because they did not have a clue in what they were doing. The screen problem was a simple 1/2 hour fix for a bad contact.  I just wanted to reuse the hard drive and hoped this program will do what it states,  restore information from formatted, corrupted and inaccessible disks.  Am I wrong?  This looks like a formatted inaccessible disk.  Now you know why we don't have the password.  This person is a senior who I hoped to be able to help to keep in touch with her kids and grand kids.  I am just trying to do a good deed with out having to buy a new disk for her.  Acer was no help because the computer is out of warrentee unless she wants to spend $100 for their service.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:09:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: ric]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/hdd-mechanic/#comment-174116</link>
<description><![CDATA[I wish to thank Giovanni and CompNetTeach for their comments.
I did not install this software.
I have 2 well maintained hard disks in good condition in my PC. 
I use Acronis to do Full Backup of both hard disks regularly, to external portable hard disks.

If you have only 1 hard disk in your system, then does it make sense to install this software? How will you use this software to recover the hard disk if it has already crashed? This is a catch-22.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:39:26 -0500</pubDate>
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