Hi Michele We have made privat araingments to look at your laptop we can look at your HD at the same time.
Steve On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Michele Mor wrote: > Thanks to everyone for your comments. > The main problem is that the HD contains the only existing copies of hols > pictures and documents.Music files as well, but they can be downloaded again > ;-) > From a sentimental point of view, that data is priceless, so I don't mind > paying for a professional service.That's why I asked if anyone knew a > trustworthy company (also because there are personal data: bank statements > etc etc). > I think that removing the HD from the case it could be tricky because it's a > slim HD.Also I cannot see how putting the HD inside a desktop would make any > difference if the internal head is damaged. > Michele > Andy Taylor wrote: >> Sounds almost terminal to me. Maybe its worth taking out the hard disk from >> the USB caddy, and putting it into a PC. Try and read the data off then. >> > > On the other hand I would echo Michel's earlier comments - decide how > important the data is first and decide whether professional recovery is > worth considering. Don't "play" first if the data matters! > > We have relationships with a couple of recovery companies but to date > every quote for works we've put out to customers has proved too > expensive for them to proceed, so I can't vouch for their effectiveness. > However it does mean I know something about their processes and the > pricing structure. Most of the prices seem to be based on software > corruption - they can recover from hardware problems, if necessary by > removing the platters and transfering them into an identical drive in a > clean environment (if you happen to have a working drive of an identical > model that can reduce your costs significantly) - but understandably > then you're out of the realms of fixed prices and the costs can escalate. > > There are lots of ways for a layman to recover data from "dead" drive, > but they should only be attempted once you've ruled out spending money, > and I can't vouch for any of them being successful. Techniques include > freezing the drive (and even running it whilst still in the freezer!), > carefully jolting it, etc - all of them attempts to get the drive > working long enough just to get enough data off it before it dies > completely. There are some good Linux tools, eg ddrescue (not dd_rescue: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix)#Recovery-oriented_variants_of_dd) > which will get what it can and skip what it can't to get the best image > it can from the drive to try to recover it. Of-course you do still need > the PC to recognise that the drive exists first. > > -- > Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 > Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
