[HLUG] Interest problem

[Paul Stenning]

Xytron data recovery are in Hereford.  http://www.xytron.co.uk/

They did a faulty hard disk for one of my clients about three years ago, 
and retrieved the data fine.  I can't remember the price but it was 
reasonable for that type of work (not cheap, but we put it in as a low 
priority job and saved a bit more by not having to pay for collection 
and delivery).

Call or email them for a price.

My approach with something like this is to leave it to the experts if 
the data is valuable.  Fiddling when not 100% sure of what you're doing 
could make things worse, and just using failing hardware can help it 
fail further.

You need to decide the value of the information compared to the cost of 
having it recovered professionally and the risk of a DIY attempt 
trashing it permanently.



David Shorthouse wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Anyone out there do data recovery??? I have a very very dead usb memory stick 
> containing cvs a gsp xml file and some other word docs. I took it up to PC 
> world to get the data off they couldnt do it. I was going to buy another usb 
> device the same so I could move the chip from one usb stick to another but 
> was informed that this would blank the memory of the usb drive i have.
> 
> 1. Does anyone know anywhere does proper data recovery?
> 2. my second option run another stick the same as mine in parallel so that it 
> is being driven and powered off the other device?
> 
> This is quite a hard thing to do as it means wiring another usb memory stick 
> to the memory i have on mine... 
> 
> WEll any one have thoughts please pass them on except...
> 
> you should have backed them up .... 
> Doh if only i had of thought of that one :( still in good spirits
> 
> by the way PC world Guaranteed to get the data off if i paid £700
> 
> Dave
>