[X4U] First-hand recommendations for data recovery?

DZ-Jay dz at caribe.net
Sun Nov 27 10:57:41 PST 2005


I've used On-Track services with exceptional results.  However, they 
are a bit expensive (but recovering my data is not where I want to be 
skimpy).

	dZ.

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On Nov 26, 2005, at 14:42, Linda wrote:

> Hello, all --
>
> Anyone have any first-hand experience with data recovery services? NOT
> software -- I am looking for the people who will take your drive apart 
> and
> attempt to recover data.
>
> The head crashed on my PowerBook (17" rev A Aluminum that is still 
> under
> AppleCare, but, I know that Apple does not offer data recovery) while 
> I was
> doing my backup this morning. Because of a wetware error (a truly 
> "D'oh!"
> moment), my PowerBook was not connected to the network for scheduled
> backups, and so my last backup is a manual one from May. Needless to 
> say, a
> lot has happened in the last six months, and I'd just as soon have 
> record of
> it, as not.
>
> Can anyone recommend a recovery service that they or their employer 
> uses?
> Like DriveSavers, etc.? I need to attempt to get the data before 
> turning the
> Gigabook over to AppleCare, and looking at webpages and ads is a crap 
> shoot,
> so am hoping for first-hand personal recommendation from listmates.
>
> Many thanks,
> Linda
>
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