[Cialug] Opinions on Data Recovery services?

[Don Cady]

Local? I don't think there's anywhere in Iowa that isn't just using the same
tools you and I could use. I think Ontrack in Mnpls. is the closest.

Sorry,
Don

ps. If it wasn't for SpinRite, I'd be deriding that scaremonger at every
turn.

On 7/14/07, Kevin C. Smith <kevin at linuxsmith.com> wrote:
>
> Spinrite is good stuff, however it doesn't work (in my experience)
> when the first sector is damaged. I did try it though.
>
> I've tried all my tricks, so I'm looking for a local outfit that
> does this professionally.
>
> On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 23:59 -0500, Matt Patterson wrote:
> > I've never tried it myself, but I've heard of people having some luck
> > with spinrite.
> >
> > Linux Journal Review: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7684
> > Homepage: http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Kevin C. Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Any suggestions for a local data recover service?
> > >
> > > I had a hard drive fail. I think the first sector and/or the
> > > first partition is hosed. As luck would have it the backup
> > > was also corrupted (it has a local tape backup). I'm glad I
> > > backed up the critical DB on it in two locations, so I've got
> > > that. ;P
> > >
> > > This is the way my past two weeks have been going. I expect a small
> > > black hole to appear and get the rest by the end of the month.
> > >
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