[Ham-Computers] HD Data Lost. Can You Help

[Ken]

Duane;
     Whats it do?  Does it try and boot?  Sometimes you can setup it as 
a slave and boot on another hard drive and get to the data.

On 12/18/2012 05:08 PM, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Much to my horror, when I powered the computer up Thursday morning 
> December 6, 2012 the HD failed to do anything. It was simply a case of 
> dying in its sleep! That is, if one assumes that chips sleep!
>
> I am desperate! I had not backed my data up in six months for four 
> directories. The rest I do have on CDS or zip disks. Unfortunately the 
> data I put on that computer the past six months is absolutely critical 
> to me! Figures, heh?
>
> I called several of the places that recover data on failed hard drives 
> and ... WoW! The cost for recovering the 12 GIG on this 20 GIG drive 
> is anywhere from $2,000 -
> $3,000+! It all depends on just what they have to do and how many 
> things they have to do to the drive.
>
> I have been told that lost data, such as mine, can be recovered for a 
> whole lot less money. Is this true? Can any of you do it? Can any of 
> you tell me who to contact that does this lost data recovery kind of 
> work? I will appreciate any help that any of you can give me.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Make this Christmas a Merrier one then it looks to be right now!
>
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
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