Originally Posted by Turboface

I tear through keyboards and mouses every few months but my hard drive here has been faithful to me for a little over 4 years now. I got the dreaded 'blue screen of death' a couple nights ago and have been dealing with all the fun that goes with that since.

Real long story, short: The drive crashed - nothing I tried could recover it - I bought a new drive - All is fine now, except I have to start all over (which isn't all bad, I am getting all the newest versions of everything.)

I've been reading up on some software that will help me in my data recovery efforts. Also, I've been looking at some data recovery services.

Do you guys have any advice?