OT: 2.5" hdd data recovery

[Jason Shein]

On Sunday 06 August 2006 17:39, Jamon Camisso wrote:
> I've a friend who's Hitachi Travelstar has packed it in after 4 years of
> service. Of course he doesn't have a backup. The drive is unrecognized
> in both my external USB enclosure and in another laptop, leading me to
> believe that something is wrong with the power connection, and/or the
> internals themselves.
>
> This in mind then: does anyone on this list do 2.5" physical recovery or
> know of anyone who is reasonably priced who does? By reasonable I'm
> talking home user prices, not corporate datacenter, globally deployed
> swat team recovery experts. I'm talking a maximum of $500 or there is no
> recovery. A near impossible request, I know what the larger services
> sometimes charge.
>
> A grim situation, so TIA for any contacts of offers to help. I know of
> the large companies like CBL and Ontrack of course, google is useful,
> but... someone mentioned a downtown company a while ago (last year) that
> starts with an R, something like R-Tools, or RT soft? I can't remember,
> but they were reasonable and local.
>
> Jamon

Well Jamon, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but the IBM / 
Hitachi "Deathstar" series of drives have an extremely poor data recovery 
rate. 

We do data recovery regularly, and have a 97% success rate as long as the bios 
can see the drive. See:
http://www.detachednetworks.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=28

Unfortunately, the exception of this rule is the Travelstar and Deskstar 
drives manufactured by Hitachi ( rebranded by IBM ), where the rate falls to 
5%.

If you have a Travelstar or Deskstar hard drive, regular backups are a must.

Or better yet, replace it now before it dies, and use it as a nice paperwight 
for your desk.

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