08-07-2004, 10:29 AM
|
#1 |
|
Captain
  
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 1,676
 |
Data Recovery
Anybody know of a good data recovery place near So-Cal? Or one you can ship to?
It's for a laptop HD.
__________________
-Mike |
|
|
|
08-07-2004, 03:47 PM
|
#2 |
|
Owww, I feel good!
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Beautiful Temecula CA
Posts: 2,002
|
Data recovery is VERY expensive.
Be prepared to spend at least $500.
__________________
[  ___ ](O lllllll O) []==O=[] |
|
|
|
|
08-07-2004, 04:05 PM
|
#3 |
|
Captain
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 1,676
|
Bleh.
I'm going to go buy a bat  |
|
|
|
|
08-07-2004, 11:40 PM
|
#4 |
|
Commander
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Posts: 1,295
|
500 would be cheap....
|
|
|
|
|
08-08-2004, 07:12 AM
|
#5 | |
|
Vice Admiral
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: StL
Posts: 4,300
|
Quote:
Did you try the freezer trick first?
__________________
"I know the pieces fit, cause I watched them fall away." "Cold silence has A tendancy to Atrophy any Sense of compassion." MJK |
|
|
|
|
|
08-08-2004, 11:49 AM
|
#6 | |
|
Captain
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 1,676
|
Quote:
Care to share?  |
|
|
|
|
|
08-08-2004, 12:31 PM
|
#7 |
|
Vice Admiral
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: StL
Posts: 4,300
|
Only tried it once. Never had any luck. Maybe it'll work for you. Note: this only works on drives that aren't spinning. It's obviously not going to fix a "I formatted my drive" problem. (There are other methods as well to try.)
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6255-5029761-2.html |
|
|
|
|
08-09-2004, 05:19 AM
|
#8 |
|
Fleet Admiral
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Michigan
Posts: 9,390
 |
I have a dead HD here at work - drive spins OK, but no machine will recognize that it's connected.
Checked with a few data recovery companies, and the going rate seems to be anywhere from $1200 - 4000 for a 30GB IDE drive. |
|
|
|
|
08-09-2004, 10:29 AM
|
#9 |
|
Admiral
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Maryland
Posts: 6,578
|
I had a dead HD a few months back. I put it in the freezer in two ziplock backs and then I hooked it up into an external USB enclosure. Gave me a good amount of time to get all my mp3s off...well I got anout 90% off before it didn't work anymore.
There's a thread with a link that describes the process in G|A somwhere. Use the search button
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
08-09-2004, 12:26 PM
|
#10 | |
|
Commander
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Western MA
Posts: 1,183
|
Quote:
 When we had data recovered on a laptop here, it was $500 just to tell is if they could recover it or not.
__________________
Paul Beasi |
|
|
|
|
|
08-10-2004, 02:43 PM
|
#11 |
|
Captain
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Irvine, CA
Posts: 1,676
|
I really wonder if it costs them that much to do this. I know that data recovery is no easy procedure. I've heard some crazy stories about the lengths that they'll go to - but the more I think about it, I think that maybe they just count on there being a highly inelastic demand for this type of service. In that case, they're better off just making it espensive as h*ll so that they can collect more money.
|
|
|
|
|
08-10-2004, 03:06 PM
|
#12 |
|
Commander
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Posts: 1,295
|
In some cases it is worth it but it most it is just lost. It cost us 1200 to repair a HD so they could extract the data to DVDs. I believe the cost is due to maintaining a clean room and keeping good experienced people.
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
