I need a Data Recovery service are there any that you would recomend

[luquidwrym]

My buddy had an IDE HD that wasn't backed up and recently died. It won't come up in bios and he can't pull any data off of it. Are there any Data Recovery services you could recomend where he wouldn't get ripped off and have a decent price and turn around time. I'm not looking for the cheapest price, and there are many hits off Google for the service.

I was more looking for a place you have done business with in the past and could recomend.

THANKS!

 

[FrequencyX]

http://www.dtidata.com/

 

[Rhin0]

Just tried to get two maxtor 80 gigs recovered. Cheapest place was 250 dollars and that was in Columbus where i'd drive it up.

Online places were asking anywhere from 500-1800 per drive no matter the size.

prices are outrageous

 

[ThePiston]

Check out Spin Rite. It diagnoses and fixes all kinds of hard drive problems. It's like a godsend. One BIG question... does the drive spin?

 

[Stiganator]

on track data recovery software

This of course won't work it you've messed with the drive since the incident or if it physically doesn't function.

 

[luquidwrym]

At this point it doesn't do anything, just a set of dead platters. It's not mine, but a friends I just wanted him to have all the options.

Thanks for all the help!

 

[tynopik]

if it's just the circuit board that's fried and not the mechanics, you could try finding a matching drive on ebay and swapping boards (recovered 2 drives this way)

 

[redbeard1]

Drivesavers has done 2 drives for me and I was very satisfied. In the past I've sent customers drives to Ontrack with good results.

I went with Drivesavers recently because they had the chance of being cheaper. The quotes for either ranged from $700-3400.

 

[BuckNaked]

I sent a drive to Drivesavers and was very satisified with the results... I would highly recommend them... Just glad I wasn't paying for it though! Drivesavers

Dave