My hard drive failed but it was under warranty. I was just about to send it in and get my money back, when I realised that frankly, the data on the drive is worth a thousand times more than what I'd get for the broken drive by the warranty, so I went to Secure Data Recovery Services to recover the data. They did an admirable job -I got everything back on a new drive. And then, just for kicks, I asked to have my old broken drive back, and sent it in to get the warranty payment. Obviously, it doesn't offset what I spent on the recovery, but hey, I did save $80.
But anyways, staying on point, I suggest you go with Secure Data Recovery Services for the recovery - they do some pretty neat things, like letting you pick and choose what to recover from what they found, they don't charge you for the evaluation, and at least as far as I'm aware, they don't have like a ""minimum charge"" that they make you pay. I've heard of other recovery companies pulling all sorts of scams, since, you know, it's pretty easy to take advantage of someone who's in panic over losing something important. But my experience with Secure Data Recovery Services was pretty good, and as I can see from other reviewers, their was too.
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