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Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: Data_hata ()
Date: December 13, 2010 03:05PM

Anyone ever have data from a hard drive recovered with a drive recovery service in FFX? Care to comment on how it went in terms of cost/service?

I called one (will remain nameless) and it seemed like the same pitch the used car guys give you to buy the special-deluxe warranty. Slimey.

Got a 400gb drive, linux + EXT3 file system, crashed heads (well, it's real noisy from the little pieces flying around inside of it).

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: I have ()
Date: December 13, 2010 03:38PM

I've used OnTrack in the past. They're pretty much the best in the business. You send in your drive, they'll tell you what they can recover and how much it'll cost. It's not cheap; I think 400GB would be in the $750-1000 range, but that's a ballpark estimate.

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: More Complete ()
Date: December 13, 2010 03:53PM

Try freezing it first. Works. Look it up.

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: Data_hata ()
Date: December 13, 2010 04:03PM

I heard about the freezing, but with all the pieces rumbling around inside the drive, I didn't think it would work. The heads sound like they're on their own now.

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: Help ()
Date: December 13, 2010 05:00PM

I use TTR Data Recovery...

They got the job done, but it's not cheap at all. $1000

http://www.ttrdatarecovery.com

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: anonymous user ()
Date: December 13, 2010 05:27PM

I've used Mt Vernon Data Recovery in the past, they were able to recover my stuff.

www.mtvernondatarecovery.com

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: WICKED LEAKS ()
Date: December 13, 2010 06:27PM

go to wikileaks - they have forensic data recovery software and documentation

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: Annon Imous ()
Date: December 13, 2010 06:44PM

Report yourself as a child pornographer. The FBI will gladly recover your data at no charge.

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: Seeker ()
Date: December 13, 2010 10:12PM

I had good luck with Cedar PC - the charged something like $75-85 to recover the crashed hard drive on my HP desktop and were able to get at least 80% of the data which seemed pretty good to me.

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: December 13, 2010 10:17PM

I'll ask our IT guys. My old desktop at my office was destroyed about 3 years ago - water pipe burst in the kitchen one floor up from me - and its near my office, so the water found its way into my office.

About 200k in damage firm wide - including my desktop. Because I work with some very confidential stuff, I store those types of files on secure and partitioned drive. That had to be specially restored.

I think it was close to $1000 for the restore.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/13/2010 10:17PM by ITRADE.

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: MicroCenter ()
Date: December 14, 2010 11:57AM

Last time I was at MicroCenter they were advertising data recovery services. And not "undelete your files" but actual "take out the platters and perform a bit by bit copy to a new disk."

Haven't used them though so can't recommend.

My company has used SalvageData in Herndon before but they were expensive http://www.salvagedata.com/location/washington-dc/

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: sumguy ()
Date: December 14, 2010 12:19PM

try a hard dirve dock. I had a damaged hard drive and was able to transfer about 30gb of picture an other info onto another hard drive. They are quite handy you can buy any hard drive with this dock you can use it as a back drive.I used the v4 from wiebe tech.

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: Sargent IV ()
Date: December 17, 2010 08:34PM

Not a fan of spending that kind of money but To my knowledge SalvageData is the only certified one in the region with a certified cleanroom to get the work done. We vetted and asked all the others about their facilities and capabilities a year ago and none of them are able to prove it except for SalvageData.

If recovery of the data us a must I would go with SalvageData ..

My 2 cents

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: Josh Magnum ()
Date: July 26, 2011 07:14PM

I had a Mac that crashed, and i took it to TTR data recovery, the experience was quick and professional. After shopping around their price was the most affordable and reasonable. strongly recommend.

http://ttrdatarecovery.com

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: heart1ess ()
Date: July 26, 2011 10:47PM

Go to www.grc.com and get SpinRite. Its not free, but is the best thing to recover data. Save a lot and do this yourself. Costs like 60 bucks and its yours to use from then on.

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Re: Hard drive data recovery services
Posted by: Help for Hdd ()
Date: May 30, 2016 09:54PM

One More name: "http://www.promise-data-recovery.com/"

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