My external H/D failed as I was using it to put my data back onto my newly reformatted computer hard drives.
Heh.
So, I've gone to the website of the maker of my h/d (Western Digital) and they had a list of preferred data recovery folks, but choosing between them is hard.
Does anyone know on what I should base my decision?
I have quotes from them all, and they are really quite similar in pricing, so no help there.
Most say they have a 'clean' room onsite.
How can I check the effectiveness of a given company ?
I'm terrified to send off my --life-- to just anyone to recover. How do I choose the right company?
Having never used a Data Recovery Service, I dunno what I can tell you that you don't already know.
It sounds like what you're shopping for is Computer Forensics. These folks have a lot of information on their website (http://www.atl-datarecovery.com/) about how things work. Granted, it's all slanted at making you want to choose them but it is informative.
Sorry you have to deal with this. I miss my Lyrima, Zhappy and Lady Kiaria. :'(
Thank you Namae :)
The companies under consideration are:
Flashback Data: http://www.flashbackdata.com/data-recovery/
(http://www.flashbackdata.com/data-recovery/)
Drive Savers http://www.drivesavers.com/about-us/
(http://www.drivesavers.com/about-us/)
and
Salvage Data http://www.salvagedata.com/ (http://www.salvagedata.com/)
All are approved by Western Digital, the maker of my failed external h/d.
The article you linked said I should look for companies that offer software as well as services. I was leaning toward making sure all of them have onsite 'clean' rooms.
The website/guy you linked said nothing about having a 'clean room' onsite. Not sure what to make of that. Every website, their only area of business is data recovery.
Any other advice? :(