On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Josh Paetzel <josh at tcbug.org> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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/ > > - -- > Thanks, > > Josh Paetzel > > PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5ABC 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkksM80ACgkQJvkB8SevrssZPgCeMAZQWL+4dI+KN1YrQBbOVCle > hsIAoJAV2iZNghA9NWkT4+gczvh5ooDS > =osbJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > 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 -- Donovan Niesen