Data recovery??

indietalk

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• Jun 4, 2012

• #1

Anyone know anybody in data recovery? I'm getting crazy quotes for a HD. Issue is, it probably has bad heads or something is causing them not to engage.

Thanks

 

Anim8

• Jun 4, 2012

• #2

Do you have a microcenter nearby? They use an outside company and can diagnose the drive while you wait (over the net) then give you a quote.

 

Dreadylocks

• Jun 5, 2012

• #3

Something like this?

Unfortunately Geordi won't be born for another 300 years or so...

Good luck, though! Losing data SUCKS.

 

M

Morris

• Jun 5, 2012

• #4

It is very expensive to have someone do it. There are some self help like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRkFDFguT5A&feature=fvwrel on youtube. There is some software, but success depends on how bad the drive is. Good luck.

 

indietalk

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• Jun 5, 2012

• #5

I've done it with software before but you can't do that if it does not spin up

 

Anim8

• Jun 5, 2012

• #6

If you are mechanically inclined you can change out the read/write head mechanism and or platters pretty easily if you have a drive thats similar to use as a donor. Ive saved a couple of drives this way.. I wouldnt recommend using the drives again afterwards, but just to get the info you need off of them it may save you $200 - $1600.....

 

indietalk

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• Jun 5, 2012

• #7

Yeah but I don't have a clean room and one dust particle on a disk is like a nail in a tire.

 

M

Morris

• Jun 6, 2012

• #8

At one time Staples used to do data recovery. I never had to try them for that, but like them for other things.