[NTLUG:Discuss] Disk recovery

[Steve Baker]

Lance Simmons wrote:
> A hard drive on one of my computers died this morning after a power
> surge.  I'd never thought it had anything on it that was very important,
> but over time it had accumulated some pretty important files (read: my
> kids' files).  I should have backed it up, but that's water under the
> bridge now.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a local hard drive recovery service?  Cheaper is
> better.  The filesystem is ext3.

I guess you could try the patent NTLUG trick - buy an identical drive on
eBay and try switching the controller boards.   You probably have a 50/50
chance of that working - but it's probably a heck of a lot cheaper than
a disk recovery service so it could be a worth-while gamble.

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