Hi everyone,
This is my first post.
Before my question's I first would like to describe my situation.
I'm trying to help a friend recover data from a hard drive which shows a drive letter. The data recovery software cannot access it. I haven't had that problem because of a backup system I use therefore lack recovery experience.
I've never found a data recovery software that works. The only experience with recovery software I have is to use it to test file shedding software so I can watch the file remnants disappear with every sweep.
The businesses I called told me that data recovery software is usually unsuccessful and success would be more likely if the platters were installed into a known good drive. The estimates I received were anywhere from $300 to $1000.
My question's are:
Is there a less expensive option?
How difficult would it be to perform the moving of hard drive platters to a working hard drive?
Would it be possible to get a data recovery software name which can be tested before purchase and are reasonable people to deal with.
I hope someone would be able to provide some insight's.
Thank you,
This is my first post.
Before my question's I first would like to describe my situation.
I'm trying to help a friend recover data from a hard drive which shows a drive letter. The data recovery software cannot access it. I haven't had that problem because of a backup system I use therefore lack recovery experience.
I've never found a data recovery software that works. The only experience with recovery software I have is to use it to test file shedding software so I can watch the file remnants disappear with every sweep.
The businesses I called told me that data recovery software is usually unsuccessful and success would be more likely if the platters were installed into a known good drive. The estimates I received were anywhere from $300 to $1000.
My question's are:
Is there a less expensive option?
How difficult would it be to perform the moving of hard drive platters to a working hard drive?
Would it be possible to get a data recovery software name which can be tested before purchase and are reasonable people to deal with.
I hope someone would be able to provide some insight's.
Thank you,