Good advice in many cases, but the drive must at least spin up. -- dkm At 5/18/2010 12:32 PM Tuesday, Charlot, Firmin wrote: >This might be a long shot but for the cost it may be worth a try. >Steve Gibson a security expert at GRC.com has a tool that might >help. For more info go to >http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm > >Firm. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Joseph M. Deming [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 12:23 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [MSUNAG] Hard Drive Restore on campus > >Are there any hard drive restoration services on campus. The >down-and-dirty kind involving clean-rooms and actual dismantling of >hardware? I suspect not, heck of a delicate and technical service, but >I am about to recommend something to a user who forgot to do their >backup, and I'm afraid he's not going to like the costs involved. Any >suggestions, on-campus or good experiences elsewhere are welcome. > >To be clear, this involves hardware that will not spin up. > >I feel this has been asked before, but I searched the archive and failed >to find anything... sry =( Found 'Data Recovery Service' from 11/08 and >entertaining discussion on Freezing, Dropping and Hitting hard drive >with mallet, but no useful names or places of businesses still in >operation. > >- Joe