Apologies, i shouldnt cut n paste before 9am. http://www.gillware.com/ >>> Russ Somers <[log in to unmask]> 10/7/2010 8:34 AM >>> Last year someone on this list recommended Gillware, tried them and everything worked out great. Roughly 300Gb for $700. It took them about 10 days, but I didnt care about time as much as cost. I'm sure they have faster times if you have the $$$. http://gillwaredataservices.com Russ Somers Network Services, ITC Michigan State University [log in to unmask] A227 VetMed Center Phone: (517) 353-5551 East Lansing, MI 48824 Fax: (517) 432-2937 >>> l duynslager <[log in to unmask]> 10/6/2010 3:41 PM >>> > Users drive makes a grinding noise, so I don¹t want to experiment putting it > in the freezer or something like that, I believe the best plan would be to > send it off to a recovery service to minimize physical damage to the platters. > > My past experience has been good with OnTrack but they are very costly $1200 > or more for an 80 gb drive. > > > I¹m curious if anybody out there recently had good luck with a less expensive > drive recovery service? Did anybody pay less than $1000 / $750 respectively > for similar results. > > Thanks, > > Lee Duynslager