On 11/17/2008 03:12 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote:
Alex Hewitt wrote:
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've used DriveSavers before and they do a good job. Their
A friend was recently happily using his Dell Inspiron (Windows XP) when
it suddenly displayed blue screen and subsequent boot attempts have
lead to a no bootable device message. Running a live Linux CD
results in a indication the HD is dead...maybe hosed partition table.
Anyway, no backups of
This has been discussed here in the past so good info can
probably be found in the archives (RTFA! ;- ) and IIRC
the recommendations usually come down to:
- Connect the drive to a different system, either directly
or using a USB converter, to determine if the problems lie
with the drive
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Ed lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend was recently happily using his Dell Inspiron (Windows XP) when
it suddenly displayed blue screen and subsequent boot attempts have
lead to a no bootable device message. Running a live Linux CD
results in a
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
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.
Alex Hewitt wrote:
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've used DriveSavers before and they do a good job. Their pricing is
sort of a nice qualifier - if $3K is too
Ditto on the DriveSavers. Here's a quick story...
A long time ago (~6 years) I responded to an urgent page from a customer
who owned a few video stores in the area (Springfield, VT). I arrived
at the head store, introduced myself to the manager and then asked Can
you take me to your server?
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:47 PM, H. Kurth Bemis [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
They recovered the data. 100%. I would have figured the drive (and
data) was destined for the green monster (dumpster) with the damage I
saw. DriveSavers can do some amazing work.
Yes, DriveSavers has an excellent
Ed lawson wrote:
Any suggestions of NH repair shops to check system/HD, repair and
determine if recovery of bad drive feasible at reasonable price and/or
best nearby recovery shop?
There have been some great recommendations so far. Go for those if you can.
If you can't...
I often get
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