I have used Gillware as well with good results. They are the most 'reasona=
bly priced' of the 'big guns'....the guys that take your drive apart in a c=
lean room and really fix catastrophes. It's not cheap at all, thousands of=
dollars, but if you really want it back, it's worth it.
You can never have too many backups. Hard drives fail...all of them...even=
tually.
--- In Ray Mansell <> wrot=
e:
>
> I don't know if you're in the US, but if you are, and if you *really* wan=
t
> those files back and nothing else works, you might want to think about
> using one of those companies that specialises in recovering data from
> 'dead' hard drives. One such company I would recommend is gillware.com (I=
'm
> not associated with them, but have used them twice). These services are f=
ar
> from cheap, but Gillware at least won't charge you anything if they're no=
t
> able to recover the files you want.
>
> Good luck...
> Ray
>
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 6:03 PM, sounds.images <>wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Last night the other half shut down the laptop as normal before bed. Th=
is
> > morning it was dead. It would power on and fans would spin but nothing.
> > Took it to my parents and tried their hard drive in my machine.... Noth=
ing..
> >
> > Tried my hd on their machine and it tried to boot but went straight to
> > blue screen of death twice...
> >
> > So never put off your back ups. I have lost every recording I made sinc=
e
> > September. It was on the cards to do this little job this weekend, but =
it
> > is too late.. Will try again when I get a replacement machine. This was
> > completely unforeseen..
> >
> > Oh well... Lesson learned. Never put off the most important job of all.
> >
> > Simon.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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