[PLUG] Hard drive recovery services local to PDX

[Jason Van Cleve]

You ain't whistlin' Dixie.  When my primary HD crashed a few weeks ago,
I made a call and was told $100 for an eval', then $1500-$2500 for the
actual recovery.  I let the drive cool overnight, popped it in the next
day, got a mount, and ended up replacing the whole system on another
drive.  It was like putting Humpty Dumpty back together again.

--Jason V. C.


On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:17:16 -0700 (PDT)
Jeme A Brelin <jeme at brelin.net> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Colin Kuskie wrote:
> > As long as we're on the subject of local services, are there any
> > local shops for hard drive recovery?  I have a Seagate hard drive
> > that absolutely refuses to mount, and along with the strange ticking
> > sound that it makes convinces me that the drive is damaged.
> 
> Before you spend a fortune, try this ridiculous method:
> 
> Wrap the drive in a towel, then put it in a plastic bag and put it in
> the freezer.  Wait until it's frozen cold (three or so hours in my
> freezer), then try to hook it up.
> 
> You might get one good mount out of the thing and save your data.
> 
> I've heard various people attempt to explain why this works, but
> nothing too concrete.  Anecdotal, I've saved two drives of data this
> way and I've read dozens of other stories.
> 
> Data recovery is exhorbitantly costly.
> 
> J.
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