I tried this recently for some important data. All of the "local" providers try software solutions and then end up shipping the drive to California for hardware recovery.
I researched a number of places online and called and spoke with a few of them. Quoted costs were all between one and three thousand dollars. I ended up working with Drive Savers*. They were quick and communicated well, but they could not recover the data I needed so I ended up not needing to pay them. * http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com/ Good luck, Richard On Friday December 23 2011 00:07:13 Jonathan Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: > Plug, > > The HDD in the laptop of my brother failed and he does not have a complete > backup of the data (all too common, sadly). It will not even initialize so I > cannot attempt recovery via software. It is apparently a hardware failure. > It does power on and reaches a clicking pattern. I was about to open it up > and attempt to coax it into a passable state. Before I do that, I decided to > check out data recovery prices and option. Apparently Google indicates that > we have several places fairly locally that do data recovery. One place even > says recovery can start at $99. Good marketing. In the past I have shied > away from the option because it is traditionally extremely expensive. > However, I know technologies have improved so maybe costs are more reasonable. > > Anyway, I am wondering if anyone has any good experiences with local recovery > companies, which you would recommend, and what kind of cost my brother might > be looking at. > > Regards, > Jonathan Duncan <snip> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
