Jul
Here's what happened: I accidently bumped the power cable and it came out of the wall. Next thing I know, whenever I turn on my Laptop it keeps reseting itself before it hits windows. I took it to a local repair shop and the guy stated he couldn't seem to access any data from the drive. Does anyone out there think a power spike might have physically damaged the drive? How much is data recovery?
Answer:
There are two possibilities. Most likely is that it lost power while doing some write operation, and a data link was lost or some critical file was damaged. This can be fixed with recovery procedures that replace the damaged files.
Second most likely is some damage was done to the circuits on the hard drive. This can be determined by making sure it spins up and can be recognized by the BIOS. If not, then there is probable damage to the controller card on the drive. To recover data would take a replacement controller card from an identical drive.
Answer:
Data recovery is hideously costly if you use one of the standard companies.
You might try calling around in your area and see if you can find an independent shop with someone who is pretty good at it; some techs think it's fun to do recovery and have amassed a lot of tools. Franchise repair places won't do it.
Answer:
Depends on the damage but usually runs about $50. If the guy at the personal shop couldn't access anything then your drive might be dead and you can't recover anything from that since they use the same methods he tried as they do to recover your info. Book Mark it-> del.icio.us | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg | Facebook | Technorati | Google | StumbleUpon | Window Live | Tailrank | Furl | Netscape | Yahoo | BlinkList