Well, I was missing for a while, now I am back with bad news. I suddenly
lost my HD with all of my data. And idiot me, usually so cautious about
everything, made no backup. Well, that will teach me!

Anyone know how much data recovery costs???

Reka

Do the platters of the hd still spin? Use a paper towel tube to listen to
the hd. If so, you can recoup the data yourself using any number of
available online recovery programs. It could also be that your boot sector
is corrupt and you can repair that with a Windows disk. If the platters
won't spin, you can try to unstick them with one of the 2 methods I've tried
and know work (about 50% of the time). Hold the hd horizontally about 6"
above a carpet and drop. Or seal in a ziplock bag and freeze for a few
hours. Use immediately after removal from the freezer. These will not cure
the problem only give you one possible last shot at spinning the disks to
get your data. Save the data to a DVD or better to a new hd you piggyback in
your system. If these fail and the data is that important you're looking at
$500 recovery for a pro to disassemble the drive and extract the data. Good
luck.
Gary

"Reka" wrote in message
. ..
Well, I was missing for a while, now I am back with bad news. I suddenly
lost my HD with all of my data. And idiot me, usually so cautious about
everything, made no backup. Well, that will teach me!

Anyone know how much data recovery costs???

Reka

Most data recovery firms cater to corporations with tons of sensitive data,
so start with anywhere from $300-$500 just to "look at it" and see if it's
recoverable, with the recovery costs being as much as 10x that.

However, I had such a failure some time back and found a place that did the
whole job for $400 - www.gillware.com

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


"Reka" wrote in message
. ..
Well, I was missing for a while, now I am back with bad news. I suddenly
lost my HD with all of my data. And idiot me, usually so cautious about
everything, made no backup. Well, that will teach me!

Anyone know how much data recovery costs???

Reka

Ray wrote:
Most data recovery firms cater to corporations with tons of sensitive data,
so start with anywhere from $300-$500 just to "look at it" and see if it's
recoverable, with the recovery costs being as much as 10x that.

However, I had such a failure some time back and found a place that did the
whole job for $400 - www.gillware.com

Here I can only say "Yikes!"!!!

Reka

V_coerulea wrote:
Do the platters of the hd still spin? Use a paper towel tube to listen to
the hd. If so, you can recoup the data yourself using any number of
available online recovery programs. It could also be that your boot sector
is corrupt and you can repair that with a Windows disk. If the platters
won't spin, you can try to unstick them with one of the 2 methods I've tried
and know work (about 50% of the time). Hold the hd horizontally about 6"
above a carpet and drop. Or seal in a ziplock bag and freeze for a few
hours. Use immediately after removal from the freezer. These will not cure
the problem only give you one possible last shot at spinning the disks to
get your data. Save the data to a DVD or better to a new hd you piggyback in
your system. If these fail and the data is that important you're looking at
$500 recovery for a pro to disassemble the drive and extract the data. Good
luck.
Gary

"Reka" wrote in message
. ..
Well, I was missing for a while, now I am back with bad news. I suddenly
lost my HD with all of my data. And idiot me, usually so cautious about
everything, made no backup. Well, that will teach me!

Anyone know how much data recovery costs???

Reka


Tried the Windows CD boot and the fridge already, didn't work. That was
the first way to go. Now a friend is trying some tricks, will give him
the carpet tip. I think it is hopeless, since the HD only clicks upon
boot trials, meaning to me that the "needle" that reads the disk does
not want to work, making further trials unnecessary...thanks anyway, and
I learned something ...

Reka

....and data recovery firms will use external heads and motors to try to
recover the data.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Artwork, Books and Lots of Free Info!


"Reka" wrote in message
...
V_coerulea wrote:
Do the platters of the hd still spin? Use a paper towel tube to listen to
the hd. If so, you can recoup the data yourself using any number of
available online recovery programs. It could also be that your boot
sector is corrupt and you can repair that with a Windows disk. If the
platters won't spin, you can try to unstick them with one of the 2
methods I've tried and know work (about 50% of the time). Hold the hd
horizontally about 6" above a carpet and drop. Or seal in a ziplock bag
and freeze for a few hours. Use immediately after removal from the
freezer. These will not cure the problem only give you one possible last
shot at spinning the disks to get your data. Save the data to a DVD or
better to a new hd you piggyback in your system. If these fail and the
data is that important you're looking at $500 recovery for a pro to
disassemble the drive and extract the data. Good luck.
Gary

"Reka" wrote in message
. ..
Well, I was missing for a while, now I am back with bad news. I suddenly
lost my HD with all of my data. And idiot me, usually so cautious about
everything, made no backup. Well, that will teach me!

Anyone know how much data recovery costs???

Reka


Tried the Windows CD boot and the fridge already, didn't work. That was
the first way to go. Now a friend is trying some tricks, will give him the
carpet tip. I think it is hopeless, since the HD only clicks upon boot
trials, meaning to me that the "needle" that reads the disk does not want
to work, making further trials unnecessary...thanks anyway, and I learned
something ...

Reka

On Sun, 21 May 2006 08:12:59 +0200, Reka
wrote:

Well, I was missing for a while, now I am back with bad news. I suddenly
lost my HD with all of my data. And idiot me, usually so cautious about
everything, made no backup. Well, that will teach me!

Anyone know how much data recovery costs???

Reka
Depends on the problem Reka, often times it is over
$1000.00......backup backup backup!

There are some do it yourself tools that SOMETIMES work. What is the
drive doing?

Dave

Dave Fouchey wrote:
On Sun, 21 May 2006 08:12:59 +0200, Reka
wrote:

Well, I was missing for a while, now I am back with bad news. I suddenly
lost my HD with all of my data. And idiot me, usually so cautious about
everything, made no backup. Well, that will teach me!

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If you're willing to experiment, I think you'll find that substituting CHC
for bark gives fairly similar conditions, but rewets easier and lasts
longer.

--

Ray Barkalow - First Rays Orchids - www.firstrays.com
Plants, Supplies, Books, Artwork, and Lots of Free Info!

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"TRAINMAN9" wrote in message
...
Why in the world would you want Rexius bark? Its the worst that I have
ever encountered...leaves your fingers full of splinters, rots at an
accelerated rate, and kills paphs faster than Roundup.
You are the first one to mention anything like this. There are a number of
growers using this bark with excellent results. The Little Greenhouse in
MD, in
business for over 30 years, and one of the premier growers of paphs swears
by
Rexius bark.

if you must use bark go for Sequioia
Sequioia, was very good bark at one time but near the end of their
production
they were packing the bark wet. I had used it the last time I repotted my
greenhouse and even when treated with Physan I still got snow mold.

I also noticed that it broke down very quickly.

but I agree with Ray....go for coconut husk
chips.
I have been growing for over 25 years and was also in the commercial end
of the
business for over 15 years where we sold thousands of plants all over the
country. We were a frequent advertiser in both AOS and OD. We always used
fir
bark based mixes with great success.

but I agree with Ray....go for coconut husk
chips.
Anyone know how much data recovery costs???

Reka
Depends on the problem Reka, often times it is over
$1000.00......backup backup backup!

There are some do it yourself tools that SOMETIMES work. What is the
drive doing?

Dave
Click click click... :-(

Reka