We have too less information. What kind of crash? I have restored
overnight e-mails from crashed HD swapping circuit board with identical 
one and using data recovering software. Plates where still functional
but before HD died it erased first sectors erasing partitions data.
Using trial versions I managed restore files but it take quite of time
and backup was made few hours before crash.

Toomas




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <[log in to unmask]>

> 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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