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Mike Miller wrote:
> This question is about local places that can do data recovery work, so it 
> would probably apply to any OS, but my friend with a problem today 
> happened to be running Windows XP on a Dell laptop.
> 
> What local computer pros might be able to get some data off of this HDD? 
> Here's what happened:
> 
> The Dell laptop's HDD had failed during the summer and the drive was 
> repartitioned.  Just the other day my friend left the laptop running and 
> went for a cup of coffee.  When she got back it had powered down, or was 
> on standby, or was hibernating, or something.  She went to press the power 
> button but accidentally pressed the "Media Direct" button which is right 
> next to the power button and looks just like it.  Unfortunately, that 
> small mistake marked the end of her working laptop.  After that it 
> wouldn't boot, Ubuntu Live CD couldn't mount the drive, and Windows XP 
> install CD said that the drive needed to be reformatted.
> 
> I got out BartPE and ran "chkdsk c: /r".  It ran and when it was done I 
> could look at the drive using Ubuntu Live CD, but I could not find any of 
> her data.  It still will not boot to Windows and says "NTLDR is missing".
> 
> So who in the Twin Cities might be able to find some of her files?
> 
> Mike

Ontrack is in Eden Prairie.  But you quickly find out what your data
means to you, the bill gets to 4 figures fast.


http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/

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Thanks,

Josh Paetzel

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