[olug] Local Data Recovery

[Ben Watson]

I've performed things like you described on my personal failed hard drives,
however since this is not my data I'm hesitant to do such things as it
could make the situation even worse.  Thanks for the tips.

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 2:30 AM, Aaron Grothe <ajgrothe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I've had a similar problem in the past.   My solution was to put the drive
> in a plastic bag in the freezer overnight and then hitting it against the
> counter to put the innards back in sync.  Worked long enough to run
> ddrescue and to get my data off the drive.
> Good luck.
>
>
>
>     On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 7:01 PM, Ben Watson <
> bwatson1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>  Question:
>
> Does anyone on the list have any recommendations for a local(ish) data
> recovery company that can pull data from a damaged HDD?
>
> Background:
>
> My friend/colleague informed me he could no longer access his 2nd HDD in
> his machine (his "data drive").  I brought it home and powered it on and
> heard (from what I've researched) the "click of death" sound.  You can
> definitely hear the armature repeatedly trying to park itself.  No OS
> (Windows or Linux) will detect/mount the drive.
>
> In an attempt to cheaply recover the data myself, we purchased two donor
> drives from eBay, hoping that the controller board was the issue and that a
> swap might save the day.  They are nearly identical to the damaged drive:
> same make/model, same site manufacturing code, and similar firmware codes.
>
> I verified the donor drives were in good working order, then one-by-one
> tried swapping the controller boards only to hear the same "click of
> death".  Thus, I suspect this to be a mechanical problem and I lack the
> environment ("clean room") and knowledge to crack the case open and proceed
> further.
>
> Conclusion:
>
> Please recommend a local(ish) company you have had a positive experience
> with first/second hand.  +1 if you can recall pricing, turn-around time,
> etc.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Ben
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