Data Recovery?

Post by **complacent** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:35 am

Has anyone used someone local for platter based HDD recovery? My boss dropped the external drive that I had used to make an image of his system and now it shows up in bios as a 0MB drive (incorrect geometry.) Can't even dd the sucker, doesn't show up in a dmesg either.

Any and all advice is appreciated. Thanks!

HappyIdiot · Post by **HappyIdiot** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:52 am

I know Geek Squad can do data recovery, but its super expensive. All they do is ship it out to a third party though.

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:04 am

Is the HD still spinning?

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:18 am

we've sent out platters to a vendor, but I don't have the info at hand. I can do some digging if you like but the place isn't local and IS expensive.

Post by **complacent** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:22 am

I found someone local: Disk Doctors.

They have their own clean room and will evaluate the drive for free before making a quote. Sounds pretty legit for future work.

Post by **ElZorro** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:53 pm

Julian has a guy he uses for platter work... don't have the contact info anymore.

Post by **Sabre** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:51 pm

Just saw this thread

I've known Tim Lider for years and he's always done excellent work:
http://www.adv-data.com/
1-888-994-DATA(3282)

Tell him Julian (Sabre) from the Hardware Group sent you and he'll give ya a discount.