Hello Roger,

At 07:24 AM 4/16/98 -0500, you wrote: 

>
> Has anyone on this list had any experience with getting a crashed hard drive
> repaired by one of those data recovery companies.   At work, I have a lady
> who had about a years worth of very hard  work saved only on her local hard
> drive.  She had a tape backup in her PC and a network file server that is
> backed up available to her..she didn't bother to use them.  She was actually
> in tears over the loss of the data... Her hard drive now just makes a couple
> loud clanking noises when you turn on her PC. 


  I have plenty of experience myself. I work for one of those data recovery
companies :)

>
> Sometimes you can hear it spin up, then spin down again after it makes the
> noises...  The drive is a 1.2 gig Western Digital Caviar 21000.   I would
bet
> that  her data is probably still intact  on that drives platters..can the
> platters be transplanted into another drive mechanism and the data
saved?   I
> would appreciate a response from anyone who has had any experience with
this.
> Very sorry if this is off topic..but I need the wisdom of the list.   If you
> have had any experience with specific data recovery companies, I would
> appreciate references.


  The hard drive you are talking about, the AC21000 is a 1.08GB hard drive.
This hard drive has problems breaking down when either an electrical surge or
some other anomaly happens.  This drive when it starts to click and spin down
is usually either the hard drive can not find a servo it needs to work
correctly. The problem could either be platter damage or a head not working
correctly.

  If you need more help or would like the company I am a part of give it a
try,
we offer free evaluations.  If you do not want the data, too expensive, or we
can not recover it, all you pay is shipping.






>
> Sincerely,
>
> Roger Puett
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Regards,

Tim Lider
Advanced Data Solutions              ICQ: 7562541
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