On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:40 AM, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > >> The one time Hollyweird got it right was in the Mel Gibson movie where > >> he had thermite charges wired to the top of his drives. > > > > > > NASA was able to salvage and recover the data off the HDs that burned > > up in the Columbia shuttle accident. > > > > The problem with HD data recovery isn't that the data isn't there, > > it's the resources needed to recover it. > > Yeah, those data recovery services all sound great until you find out > how much it could cost. You start realizing your data isn't worth THAT > much. > In 1997 I had a 500 MB (!) Amiga SCSI drive die with months of art and animation and no backup. I blanched when a service asked for $ 400.00 ! (About the buying value of $1600 now) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
