Dale wrote:
> Grant wrote:
>
>>
>>Thanks Peter. That is quite contrary to what most of the other posts
>>in this thread are saying. Those are all just rumors and myths?
>>
>>- Grant
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>
>
> I think we all know it can be done.
No, we don't.
> Governments do it all the time.
> Data recevery people do it too.
Do they? Why don't they advertise this?
> Years ago I worked at a computer place
> and the hard drive crashed. The heads physically pulled up the magnetic
> media in a couple places. They still got almost 80% of the data back.
AGAIN: That's a died hard disk. That's *COMPLETELY* different
matter. And if you read what he wrote, you'll find that he
also said that recovering data from died hardware is possible.
> I'm sure the NSA, CIA and a few others can get data back off just about
> anything. It's just a matter of how much money you want to spend and
> how much time you want to put into it.
Interesting point, though - if your data is worth just a
few thousand bucks, than it will most of the time not make
sense to waste the money on it.
Alexander Skwar
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I owe the government $3400 in taxes. So I sent them two hammers and a
toilet seat.
-- Michael McShane
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