> After I had survived two headcrashes my third HD died again.
> It's a tragedy and I can't describe how I feel.
> In my desperation I contacted one of the
> two companies in Germany specialized in restoring data from damaged drives.
> Well, they are really competent but their target customer segment is not
> that of private computer users. Their rates reflect this clearly.
> I'm afraid I can't afford their services for about DEM 2500.
I greatly empathize and immediately looked up a local data recovery
company in my local area (San Franciso/Oakland, California US) and
found this:
Why choose [3]Data Recovery Group?
* Hard drive data recovery is our only business
* We have been recovering lost data from crashed hard drives since
1986
* Our customer list includes over 5000 companies
* We specialize in data recovery from failed hard drives and tapes
using:
DOS - Windows - Windows NT - Macintosh - Unix - Novell
* Non-disclosure policy strictly enforced
* Expedited service available
* World-wide capabilities
This outfit apparently does a world wide business and has a Web address of:
www.datarecoverygroup.com (I have no connection with it).
Perhaps there are companies like this that are not so expensive as the
one you consulted (I will call this one tomorrow and see what they charge
in US dollars). If so, perhaps concerned citizens of this list can check
their local areas and find you an affordable company that you can ship
your drive to.
The easiest path would seem to be: remove the disk from its
housing in a clean environment, and transfer the data to a tape or
other medium. I would imagine this kind of service is relatively
inexpensive compared to data recover after fire or flood damage, etc.
I would certainly be happy to help facilitate such practical arrangements.
Perhaps you might want to tell us what would be reasonable sum for you?
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