Professional Data Retrieval cost?

[Electric Amish]

Has anyone here paid to have the data from a crashed HD retrieved?

Just had someone here at work ask about retrieving data from a crashed HD and they wanted to know the cost.

TIA

amish

 

[amnesiac]

Depending on the amount and severity of the data, can be from $300 to $3000 and up.

If it's a run-of-the-mill hard drive crash I'd assume it to be in the lower half of that amount.

Now, how important is that data, and why the hell didn't they make backups?

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
Now, how important is that data, and why the hell didn't they make backups?

What's a "backup"?

 

[Encryptic]

My father did at one point. I believe it was in the neighborhood of $1500.