[TriLUG] Data Recovery

[Jim Cook]

I actually had a good experience with Warp Computers on Capital Blvd.  They weren't quick - claimed that a lot of work had come in.  I thought the disk was dead but they managed to get everything off it and onto a new one.  It ended up that I only paid for the new disk (and the install of course) and as far as I could tell, everything was there.  The machine, however, could see the disk when I took it in.  The SMART test <?> however failed and nothing I could do would get the machine up.
-Jim


On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:34 PM, mgmonza wrote:

> Eddie Field wrote:
>> Would anyone know of a good company here in town (or even "shade-tree"
>> mechanic) with experience with data recovery?  My laptop hard drive crashed
>> and my backups are corrupt.  Its not seeing the drive at all even using data
>> recovery software.  It sounds like I'm going to have to put the platters in
>> a working drive.  Any advise/direction/prayers would be appreciated!
>> 
>> 
>> ~Eddie Field
>> 
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> I had very good luck with this TriLug recommendation when my work T41's motherboard went south:
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> http://www.absoluteraleigh.com/
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> They recovered all the non-system data, and put the recovered hard drive in its own jacket with a USB plug in.  Easy data access and very inexpensive too. 
> 
> One caveat:  almost none of the system files on the Windows NT drive were recovered.  I believe that was a matter of policy, since M$ goes to great lengths to make this difficult.  You may want to make sure they can and will restore system files as well.
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> The location I went to is actually in Cary on Cary Parkway, don't know if there is one in Raleigh proper as well.  --
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