Hard Drive Crashed. Who are the best data recovery companies?? - GoFuckYourself.com

rocksolid · 09-01-2004, 08:17 AM

We have a shitload of data on two external hard drives that went bad during a power surge. Some of the material is backed up and some of the newer stuff is not.

We will need to send the drives out to a data recovery company.
Can anyone recommend a very good data recovery company?

We are particularly looking for a company that has a track record of recovering hardcore adult content --- companies that gfy members might have used before . We dont want to send these drives to a company that might freak out seeing 400 gigs of adult videos and images, and then do a half ass job of recovering our shit.

Any help you guys can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Trixxxia · 09-01-2004, 08:19 AM

Is the hard drive still working?

If so - PC Inspector File Recovery can help.

EscortBiz · 09-01-2004, 08:21 AM

http://www.emergencyrecovery.com

they are in brooklyn and I would not trust anyone else

johnbosh · 09-01-2004, 08:22 AM

all i know that it is very expensive

EscortBiz · 09-01-2004, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TopBucksTrixxxia
Is the hard drive still working?

If so - PC Inspector File Recovery can help.

every try runing that

its good if you have 100mb of data on your drive or else it will do more damage then good

rocksolid · 09-01-2004, 08:50 AM

thanks for the responses so far.

it looks and sounds like the damage to each of the drives is structural, so neither drive is really usable right now

we've got loud clicking noises in both drives. both drives are Maxtor Drives. I heard that Maxtor drives have failed a lot of people so we will be going with a new brand on the next external drives along with strengthening all of our back up procedures.

the icons for the drives are not showing up in the "My Computer" window

Trixxxia · 09-01-2004, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by EscortBiz
every try runing that

its good if you have 100mb of data on your drive or else it will do more damage then good

I did - was a 140GB drive - it wasn't in the most orderly fashion when it finished, but I got the vital content that I needed.

Spunky · 09-01-2004, 09:29 AM

Just went through it..I feel your pain

bluff · 09-01-2004, 09:30 AM

good luck with it, I can't help you though

Vitasoy · 09-01-2004, 10:25 AM

Drive Savers http://www.drivesavers.com/fame/index.html

and you'll know why.

rocksolid · 09-01-2004, 11:58 AM

thanks guys!

magnatique · 09-01-2004, 12:06 PM

you know that data recovery companies can charge you up to 4,000$ for these two drives ;)

I've had 4 hard drive failures in the last couple weeks due to firewire shit... I've used a software by runtime.org

worked every time

getdataback it was called

rocksolid · 09-01-2004, 06:09 PM

very helpful stuff.

i really appreciate it.

thanks

09-01-2004, 08:17 AM	#1
rocksolid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 55	Hard Drive Crashed. Who are the best data recovery companies?? We have a shitload of data on two external hard drives that went bad during a power surge. Some of the material is backed up and some of the newer stuff is not. We will need to send the drives out to a data recovery company. Can anyone recommend a very good data recovery company? We are particularly looking for a company that has a track record of recovering hardcore adult content --- companies that gfy members might have used before . We dont want to send these drives to a company that might freak out seeing 400 gigs of adult videos and images, and then do a half ass job of recovering our shit. Any help you guys can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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09-01-2004, 10:25 AM	#10
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09-01-2004, 12:06 PM	#12
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09-01-2004, 08:19 AM	#2
Trixxxia Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 5,600	Is the hard drive still working? If so - PC Inspector File Recovery can help.

09-01-2004, 08:22 AM	#4
johnbosh Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Netherlands, Rotterdam Posts: 8,965	all i know that it is very expensive

09-01-2004, 08:50 AM	#6
rocksolid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 55	thanks for the responses so far. it looks and sounds like the damage to each of the drives is structural, so neither drive is really usable right now we've got loud clicking noises in both drives. both drives are Maxtor Drives. I heard that Maxtor drives have failed a lot of people so we will be going with a new brand on the next external drives along with strengthening all of our back up procedures. the icons for the drives are not showing up in the "My Computer" window

09-01-2004, 09:30 AM	#9
bluff Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bluffville Posts: 6,253	good luck with it, I can't help you though

09-01-2004, 11:58 AM	#11
rocksolid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 55	thanks guys!

09-01-2004, 06:09 PM	#13
rocksolid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 55	very helpful stuff. i really appreciate it. thanks