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Re: HD Data Recovery



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On Monday, October 3, 2011, Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/10/11 12:18, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
>> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:27:42 +0000 (UTC)
>> Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:07:23 -0400, Robert Blair Mason Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>>> A few days ago one of my parents' computers stopped booting, and
>>>> they don't have any external backups
>>>
> <snipped>
>
>> Apparantly my father took it to the store and they claimed it had a
>> broken read/write head.  Internet claims that it requires a cleanspace
>> to fix and preserve data integrity.  So I guess I'm out of it.
>>
>> --
>> rbmj
>>
>>
>
>
> The process is not cheap [*1] - probably around $500 AU even if
> unsuccessful (the amount of platter damage is unknown, as is the actual
> problem).
>
> Alternatively you can do it yourself - swap platter into an identical
> drive and image the drive.
>
> If you want to try the latter method say so and I'll post basic
> instructions (it's not hard, just fiddly).
>
> NOTE: do it yourself and it should allow you to recover data ONLY for
> use on another drive.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> [*1] I don't want the work, so please don't ask.
>
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