Data Recovery Services

Coffee Warlord · 06-20-2007, 11:15 AM

Got a roasty toasty HD here at the office that it looks like we're gonna need a resurrection for. Anyone used a data recovery shop before that was pleasant/reputable?

flere-imsaho · 06-20-2007, 11:31 AM

I haven't used any of these guys, but have seen them recommended in a tech forum I frequent:

http://www.recallusa.com/
http://www.runtime.org/
http://www.ontrack.com/
http://www.drivesavers.com/

Note: Some are services, some are software you can try and see if you can recover anything.

Good luck!

Butter · 06-20-2007, 11:35 AM

Every time a hard drive fails and someone asks for help here, someone gives this advice:

Freeze it.

flere-imsaho · 06-20-2007, 11:42 AM

CW's a professional, though, so I assumed he's already tried all the "usual" tricks.

Coffee Warlord · 06-20-2007, 11:57 AM

By the way. Allow me this moment to rant about my predecessor and his file "server".

I work at an ad agency. Lot of creatives doing a lot of artwork. Meaning, a LOT of data is being pushed around. Now. 2 years and a few months ago, this is what I inherited as a repository for all this work.

- 1 mac G4.
- 8 or so external firewire hard drives of varying make/model/size, daisy chained together. (the drive in question is one of these). They weren't even LABELED when I started, so I wound up just randomly shutting off drives to figure out what what was what.
- A tape backup system that no longer worked due to there now being too much data/too many drives to back up.

And that's it.

flere-imsaho · 06-20-2007, 12:05 PM

LOL!

Sounds like my time at Publicis-Hal Riney downtown a few years ago.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-20-2007, 12:13 PM

Agencies, neither large nor small, are particularly known for being the sharpest knifes in the IT drawer.

Don't get me wrong, they frequently have good enough people in the IT end, but they rarely seem willing to make the investment they should to give those people enough tools to work with.

Or at least, not until they've had a full fledged disaster scenario on their hands.

Mr. Wednesday · 06-20-2007, 12:14 PM

Wow.

Coffee Warlord · 06-20-2007, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Agencies, neither large nor small, are particularly known for being the sharpest knifes in the IT drawer.

Don't get me wrong, they frequently have good enough people in the IT end, but they rarely seem willing to make the investment they should to give those people enough tools to work with.

Or at least, not until they've had a full fledged disaster scenario on their hands.

Ayyyyup. Thank god they gave me the cash to set up a real system.

MizzouRah · 06-20-2007, 01:54 PM

Sounds like Verizon, they would rather spend $1560 to send the drive out to CBL Data Technologies than buy a server for local backups.

Oh well...

CBL is pretty decent.

06-20-2007, 11:35 AM	#3
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Every time a hard drive fails and someone asks for help here, someone gives this advice: Freeze it. __________________ My listening habits

06-20-2007, 11:57 AM	#5
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	By the way. Allow me this moment to rant about my predecessor and his file "server". I work at an ad agency. Lot of creatives doing a lot of artwork. Meaning, a LOT of data is being pushed around. Now. 2 years and a few months ago, this is what I inherited as a repository for all this work. - 1 mac G4. - 8 or so external firewire hard drives of varying make/model/size, daisy chained together. (the drive in question is one of these). They weren't even LABELED when I started, so I wound up just randomly shutting off drives to figure out what what was what. - A tape backup system that no longer worked due to there now being too much data/too many drives to back up. And that's it. Last edited by Coffee Warlord : 06-20-2007 at 11:58 AM.

06-20-2007, 12:13 PM	#7
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Agencies, neither large nor small, are particularly known for being the sharpest knifes in the IT drawer. Don't get me wrong, they frequently have good enough people in the IT end, but they rarely seem willing to make the investment they should to give those people enough tools to work with. Or at least, not until they've had a full fledged disaster scenario on their hands. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

06-20-2007, 12:14 PM	#8
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06-20-2007, 11:31 AM	#2
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	I haven't used any of these guys, but have seen them recommended in a tech forum I frequent: http://www.recallusa.com/ http://www.runtime.org/ http://www.ontrack.com/ http://www.drivesavers.com/ Note: Some are services, some are software you can try and see if you can recover anything. Good luck!

06-20-2007, 11:42 AM	#4
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	CW's a professional, though, so I assumed he's already tried all the "usual" tricks.

06-20-2007, 12:05 PM	#6
flere-imsaho Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chicagoland	LOL! Sounds like my time at Publicis-Hal Riney downtown a few years ago.

06-20-2007, 01:54 PM	#10
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Sounds like Verizon, they would rather spend $1560 to send the drive out to CBL Data Technologies than buy a server for local backups. Oh well... CBL is pretty decent.

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