Another good recovery place is Elcotronics in Myaree - same deal, they'll do a quote and examine the drive first and let you know if it's possible to get anything back - if it is, they'll include the quote charge in the final cost.
http://www.elcotronics.com.au/ Also, I've had good service from Spectrum Data as well, if you need another thumbs up. Gav On 04/05/2010, at 8:39 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > > On 03/05/2010, at 3:39 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > >> >> Can any one offer suggestions for recovery of data from a failed hard drive, >> I realise that this is a task for professionals! >> Severin Crisp >> The drive is currently in Denmark/Albany >> ________________________________________________________ >> Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP >> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. >> Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >> email mailto:[email protected] >> ________________________________________________________ >> >> > > I have just been through this exercise, following one disastrous night just > before Easter when my iMac's HD simply stopped working. Dead in its tracks. I > tried the standards: Disk Warrior, Data Rescue, even good ol' Disk Utility. > Nothing worked, and it was only Disk Utility that would even acknowledge that > there was any sort of device there, although it could not deal with it in any > way. > > I found one company which claimed to be able to deal with such a crisis: > Spectrum Data in Bentley. They charged $88 to look at the drive, but warned > that full data recovery could run into hundreds, and perhaps thousands of > dollars if they had to use their clean room facility. > > I was prepared to pay them the $88 to tell me if any sort of data recovery > was possible, and they tracked the problem to failed components on the > drive's PCB. Since everything critically important was backed up I'm still > waiting to hear if they can source replacements for the faulty components at > a reasonable cost, but I can't justify the cost of full data recovery. I have > lost some recent, non-critical data which is annoying but not disastrous. > > I found them pleasant and easy to deal with. I suggest giving them a call of > recovery of your drive is critically important, and if the standard Disk > Recovery tools don't work. > > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
