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Hugh Vandervoort <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:09:08 -0500
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There's not much hope if a drive is defective. Data recovery services 
can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Once again, the value of a backup program has bes demonstrated.


Chilangisha B Changwe wrote:
> Will this work if the drive is defective somehow? There must be read
> somehow and this I guess is a mechanicanical operation followed transfer
> of data to memory?
> 
> chilangisha changwe
> 
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:45:14 -0500, "Hugh Vandervoort"
> <[log in to unmask]> said:
>> Yes. It's fairly easy and cheap to do, and you'll have a handy backup
>> device when you're done.
>> It wouldn't be hard to install this as a slave in another machine and
>> copy the files if you'd prefer.

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