[TriLUG] Data Recovery

[mgmonza]

Eddie Field wrote:
> Would anyone know of a good company here in town (or even "shade-tree"
> mechanic) with experience with data recovery?  My laptop hard drive crashed
> and my backups are corrupt.  Its not seeing the drive at all even using data
> recovery software.  It sounds like I'm going to have to put the platters in
> a working drive.  Any advise/direction/prayers would be appreciated!
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I had very good luck with this TriLug recommendation when my work T41's 
motherboard went south:


http://www.absoluteraleigh.com/


They recovered all the non-system data, and put the recovered hard drive 
in its own jacket with a USB plug in.  Easy data access and very 
inexpensive too. 


One caveat:  almost none of the system files on the Windows NT drive 
were recovered.  I believe that was a matter of policy, since M$ goes to 
great lengths to make this difficult.  You may want to make sure they 
can and will restore system files as well.


The location I went to is actually in Cary on Cary Parkway, don't know 
if there is one in Raleigh proper as well.