Had one of those wonderful hard drive crashes, I was just wondering if anyone knows someone who is willing to do data recovery for less than $300. I think it may just be a problem with the logic board but I cant seem to find a HD with the same model number to swap out.
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In 2004 we had an HDD crash with over 300 GB of research data going back 10 years that some egg head refused to put into his roaming profile. We sent the drive to Lazarus and it was $600 for the attempt and like $50 per GB of data recovered. The $600 was non refundable regardless of the outcome.
I have used HDD regenerator multiple times and recovered HDD that even linux could not mount. From my understanding HDD Regenerator is able to by pass the HAL and speak to the HDD directly on the "hardware layer". It identifies bad sectors, recovers the data, moves the data, and remaps the drive sectors.
Its a Seagate Barracuda ES.2,
S/N: 90MBQ376
P/N: 9CA 154-304
Firmware 6N06
PCB #: 100477122
I tried to swap the pcb board with another that had the same serial and PCB# but I noticed later it had a different Part Number (9CA 154-303). I am going to track down a different PCB and try it because I just found one on ebay for like $30. I am just hoping this isn't a head crash...
I have found a few places that offer no data no charge grantee but they give me a quote that ranges from $90 to $1200.
Be wary of cheap "Pros" they nearly all rely on a) The fact that you have no idea what a hard-drive is (and it really isn't broken) and b) Hirens (which is exactly what you're doing anyway)
also: haha. backup backup backup backup backup. Shit man, i backup my backups backups and print important regulary just in case.