ESS in Woodbury might be more affordable... http://www.datarecovery.com/ *_Minneapolis-St. Paul Address_* ESS Data Recovery, Inc. 6043 Hudson Rd. Suite 275 Woodbury, MN 55125 Phone: * 1.800.237.4200 -- Ryan * Josh Trutwin wrote: > Ugh, > > I never thought to regularly backup my parent's OpenSuSE install > like I do my own PC's and had a hard drive go bad. > > Sent to Geek Squad and called Ontrack - both places are asking for > over $1600 to do recovery. I can't afford that kind of cash for my > mom's digital camera pictures as much as I want to get them back for > her. > > If anyone here (or knows someone who) likes to tinker with HD data > recovery contact me off list - I can pay for your efforts. I've > thought about buying a duplicate HD and trying to swap the platters - > but I've never done it before so if you have I would love to hire > some local help... > > Thanks, > > Josh > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >