Re: Disk Drive Recovery

["Tom Jedrzejewicz" <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try SpinRite first ... $90 software ... http://www.grc.com/intro.htm.

It sounds weird, software fixing hardware, but from what I understand it can
fix a good percentage of problems.  You have nothing to lose.

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Has anybody had recent experience with a drive recovery service?  My
> brother lost a home EIDE drive with a lot of digital pictures and he's
> trying to find a recovery service.  The drive spins up and makes
> clunking noises, but doesn't respond to the OS (Windows).  He also tried
> installing the drive into a USB drive cage, no luck there.
>
> He found what looks to be a reputable service in California, the only
> hitch being the near-$1000 price tag (but at least you now have a
> baseline to use when you need to justify redundancy in your home
> network).  Anyway, just wondering if anybody had recent positive
> interaction with a recovery service.
>
> Joe
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