Bit OT - Coin dealer friend had a hard drive crash - anyone know of a GOOD drive recovery service?

zeebob

A coin dealer and friend had a hard drive stop working. The drive will not spin up.

Anyone know of a good disk recovery service? Please post info below or PM me.

My friend has backups and paper records, but data recovery would be a blessing.

Here is a coin my friend located for me (it crossed right out of it's NGC holder, at grade mind you, and now resides in a PCGS holder - but I don't have an image of that holder yet) - Todd's photo:

tcmitssr

I suggest your dealer friend conduct a sale, quickly, based on the prices he remembers for each coin.

500Bay

I would think a local computer shop would be his best bet.
This is a lesson for all of us to back up regularly!

kranky

We've used Ontrack Data Recovery before with good results. Depending on the issue it can be costly, though.

If it won't spin up at all, it might be as simple as a problem with the electronics on the board, and the data might be intact.

MsMorrisine

<< <i>We've used Ontrack Data Recovery before with good results. Depending on the issue it can be costly, though.

If it won't spin up at all, it might be as simple as a problem with the electronics on the board, and the data might be intact. >>



true.


and have your friend look into buying a real RAID (as opposed to the software generated ones).

zeebob

Thank you for the suggestions. I will pass along the information about Ontrack.

The drive was in a laptop that was dropped. I suspect the drive was not in use and the issue may very well be with the circuit board on the drive.

Thanks again all.

(TTT - the morning crowd)

Broadstruck

<< <i>We've used Ontrack Data Recovery before with good results. Depending on the issue it can be costly, though.

If it won't spin up at all, it might be as simple as a problem with the electronics on the board, and the data might be intact. >>



Yes Ontrack comes highly recommended.

Another is Aero Data in Troy Illinois 866-728-3328

Let your friend know that pricing starts at $279.00 which is about the going rate.

19Lyds

Friggin computers!

Backups are an ESSENTIAL task which every coin dealer/collector that tracks inventory with a PC MUST do on a regular basis. If you use your system daily, then a daily schedule is a must.

I know this from personal experience yet still manage to figure out a way to evade my responsibilities.

coinkid855

Amen. External hard drives are dirt cheap. I have a 1 terabyte that I got for less than $100, and a 500gb that I got for around $50.




-Paul

poorguy

Depending on the type of Computer (Dell Inspiron 6000) locks down the harddrive when dropped for some reason. Just a blinking cursor on the screen with no spin in the harddrive. I would try to recover the data myself by taking out the harddrive and putting it into an external harddrive enclosure ($20-$50) and plug it in via USB to a working computer. If the harddrive itself isn't damaged too bad then the files will be accessible on that working computer via this workaround. I've had to do this several times while traveling and my laptop got badly jostled around and that fix has worked every time.