On 30 Jul 2009, at 17:19, Garth Hill wrote: > Jonathan Duncan wrote: >> Need input. Define "frizzled". >> > To be honest I'm not totally sure the extent of the damage. She > told me > she took it to Best Buy and when they put it in their computer to > try to > just copy the data it "froze" their computer as well. That's when > they > gave her the $1600 figure. I think they also suggested some software > options. I don't know her level of tech knowledge or anything. I > just > got the call bc I was a friend of a friend who "does computer stuff" > (I'm a programmer..). > > I think the input I got so far is about what I expected and I think > it'll be the best advice we can give her. > > Basically, I would suggest this: > > 1. try spinrite, testdisk/photorec first > 2. try freezing it > 3. pay the big bucks >
Here is another vote for testdisk. It has saved my bacon several times. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
