On Sep 27, 2005, at 3:00 am, Randy B.Singer wrote: > ... > However, if the lost data isn't very valuable, and you just want to > give > recovery a try without having to pay a huge amount of money to a > recovery > service, you may want to try: > > Prosoft's DataRescue ($99) FWIW data recovery has been becoming much more affordable over the last couple (??) of years. As I said in my last message, specialists seem to have discovered sliding scales with discounts for home users who don't mind if the job isn't done for a week. I was quoted £85 + VAT, plus £1.50 per 1GB, which makes it remarkably affordable. I think small business customers pay about twice as much with a turnaround time of 3 or 4 days, and corporate customers will pay several hundred with a next day service. Stroller.