On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Josh Paetzel <josh at tcbug.org> wrote:
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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
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> 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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If you don't mind shipping it (or driving to Madison) Gillware won't
get into 4 figures too quickly.  Especially if you don't need hardware
recovery:

http://www.gillware.net


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Donovan Niesen