Ben Scott wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Ed lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Running a live Linux CD results in a indication the HD is dead... >> maybe hosed partition table. >> > > Be warned that if the hardware is faulty, simply powering it up may > be doing additional damage. Unfortunately, making the determination > as to "hardware vs software" is often itself difficult. > > Depending on value of the data, you may want to just go right to a > first tier data-recovery service. These are the places that have a > clean room to open the drive up, and equipment to read the data off > the platters independent of the drive electronics. On the down side, > cost for a recovery will often be > $1000. I've used CBL Data > Recovery (http://www.cbltech.com/) in the past with good results. > They offer a free quote, and you don't pay if they don't get data. > Mail-in service. > > Good luck! > > -- Ben > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > I'd echo what Ben just said. I have done recovery operations for customers and have gone as far as ordering an identical part number drive from eBay and then swapping the electronics (the drive was dead when I received it). The operation was a success but if the value of the contents of the drive are high enough you should just pack it up and send it to a recovery company. One such outfit, Drive Savers, was featured on a CBS news program. See their web site at www.drivesavers.com. When I looked into having them recover a customer drive they wanted somewhere north of $3k but their price was proportional to the percentage of data recovered. I have also used Knoppix to mount a Windows NTFS partition and found that the Linux NTFS driver would allow me to access data that Windows would barf on. Again though, if the data is really valuable don't bother with local places, just go to the folks that have the proper facilities to get the job done.
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