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i've lost my life... hard drive crash stupid piece of $#()*)*#) (pg. 3)
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| System101 |
| quote: | Originally posted by kopi_luwak
2000 bucks to recover your data?
Dude, does this service includes time traveling to warn you in the past about to back up your hard drive or sort of? :haha:
Otherwize is crazy!
Kopi =o. |
crazy overpriced but thats because they can. if you're willing to get data recovered, they know you'll pay anything for it because its probably really important.. this guy at my work ed up the raid config. and that computer had the most recent accounting data on it.. long story short, the company paid $3500 to get the raid config. fixed and get 1 file (240mb). |
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| Zombie0729 |
| for me it was a simple equation -- do i have enough tracks on here to yield me 2k -- if not, probably not worth it :) |
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| Leon |
anthony, I'm lookin at you and thinking of myself 4 months ago. I almost gave up producing to equate how shaking the loss was. Lost all my custom samples, pieces, catalog of done choons. My dad was warning me to back my chit up every so often, and he even gave me dvds.
He has done a lot of research though and the DIY stuff is risky and probably won't work, so he found a place for $400bux-ish in Miami which claims they will go in and replace the platters. If you still want I can get you their contact info |
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| Zombie0729 |
| Leon pls do dig it up! |
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| music2dance2 |
| quote: | Originally posted by CReddick
Anthony,
I had a drive that quit spinning up (mechanical failure) and I put it in the freezer for 24 hours, then plugged it in and it worked fine. Long enough to clone it at least. A bad ball bearing will contract when cold and allow the disc to function. in case this is your issue, it's an easy try / solution. |
Very interesting |
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| music2dance2 |
anthony have you looked around? Ive just found although UK based site places doing recovery for £149- £249 which is about $300 - $500.
They do deal with international calls but i guess its the shipping which isnt ideal |
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| Johnny Cache |
The easiest for this solution is using a raid mirror system. I use this for years and even with 2 Harddrive Crashes, nothing was lost.
you just have to buy 2 drives... |
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| music2dance2 |
| raid is good, worth the time and effort. Although I would do a back up. Maybe onto a your external HDD as you were doing as well. |
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| Leon |
that requires the drives to be online and constantly spinning... my dad came up with a 'safe plan' so none of this crap happens in the future (between the two of us 5-6 drives went on us)!
You have your boot drive, all installed applications, and you have your data drive. You back up your boot drive now and then, as well as your data with one external hd.
Your data will probably last so much longer since it is not the drive spinning all the time. As soon as you minimize the amount of spinning on the drive it can last years longer! Set it up properly, and it'll pay off... |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by kopi_luwak
2000 bucks to recover your data?
Dude, does this service includes time traveling to warn you in the past about to back up your hard drive or sort of? :haha:
Otherwize is crazy!
Kopi =o. |
This is common for a "clean-room" type of recovery. I have sent out hard drives for my company for 1500 - 1800. |
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| Leon |
Although it's from the 80s, here's what it's all about:
http://www.youtube.com/v/jcv1rKQCgCc&rel=1
The harddrive is more mechanical than you guys think! |
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| Magnus |
If all else fails, you can try www.ontrack.com
This happened to a friend of mine and even Ontrack couldn't get his data back. Their cost is about 2000 bucks but they have been successful in about 99% of all cases when I send them hard drives from working in IT. My friend's drive was the first time I saw them not be able to recover data. There is a 100 dollar assessment fee. Sorry that happened to you. |
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