[PLUG] data recovery from broken hard disk drive

Galen Seitz galens at seitzassoc.com
Wed Apr 29 19:30:27 UTC 2009


Don Buchholz wrote:
> Co-worker asked if I had any recommendations for recovering files from
> a personal computer hard drive that won't spin up any longer.  I been
> fortunate enough to not need such a service anytime in the last 10-15 years,
> so didn't have any suggestions.  He did find a pointer to these guys in
> Google:
> 
>     * SalvageData -- http://www.salvagedata.com/
> 
> I told him I would ask about to see if anyone had opinions on these guys'
> work, or recommendations for/against any other services that you've used.

Don't forget the freezer trick.  Of course, if the data is valuable 
enough that a data recovery company is being considered, then it's 
probably best to not try any home remedies.

-- 
Galen Seitz
galens at seitzassoc.com



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