Amin,
>I have a hard drive with very important data, went bad, I was wondering if
>anyone has tools or software to retrieve the data, or know any place?
My favorites, in order of severity of problem:
(1) Good old Norton Utilities, or similar commercial utilities.
(2) PC Inspector File Recovery, available for free download at
<http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm>www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm.
(3) SpinRite from Gibson Research Corporation at
www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm. This one costs $89 for one machine, or (4 *
$89) = $356 for a site license. It is purported to work miracles, *as long
as* the drive still physically works.
(4) Data recovery services such as Ontrack (www.ontrack.com), DiskTek
(www.disktek.com), or CBL (www.cbltech.com), as a last resort if the drive
is physically dead but the platter is still OK. These are pricy, on the
order of $700 if I remember from the last time I inquired, so you have to
really want the data if you go this route.
-- David McFarlane, Research Technology Specialist
Dept. Psychology, Michigan State University
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