Hard Drive Hopes
So last night I put the dead hard drive in the freezer for about 2 hours, and after I took it out and plugged it all back in, it worked!!! For about twenty minutes, anyway ... enough to get about 20 gigs backed up. Then it died again ...
I put it back in the freezer overnight, and with high hopes, tried it again this morning ... nope. Dead. Dead, DEAD, D E A D.
I found this site online: http://www.gillware.com/
Their "niche" is people who don't want to pay a lot of money to have their hard drive repaired. You would think this would include everyone, but ... anyhow, my drive is on its way to them as we speak, and for $379 hopefully they can get my data back. If they can't, there's no charge. Also, they don't charge a fee just to look at the drive, unlike every other company I looked at - the going rate was $150 just too look at it, even if it turns out nothing can be done. Sheesh.
Well, I'll keep you abreast. By the way, can I borrow $379 from someone?
I put it back in the freezer overnight, and with high hopes, tried it again this morning ... nope. Dead. Dead, DEAD, D E A D.
I found this site online: http://www.gillware.com/
Their "niche" is people who don't want to pay a lot of money to have their hard drive repaired. You would think this would include everyone, but ... anyhow, my drive is on its way to them as we speak, and for $379 hopefully they can get my data back. If they can't, there's no charge. Also, they don't charge a fee just to look at the drive, unlike every other company I looked at - the going rate was $150 just too look at it, even if it turns out nothing can be done. Sheesh.
Well, I'll keep you abreast. By the way, can I borrow $379 from someone?
posted by aki at
2:41 PM
2 Comments:
g00se. How many of these 4 steps did you violate before you sent it to them?
# 1. Stop using the drive immediately.
# 2. Do not open the drive casing.
# 3. Do not reformat or defragment the drive.
# 4. Keep the drive in a dry room at moderate temperature.
$379 is not bad compared to what is blown on the Q
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Anonymous, at 3:19 PM
I'll donate $2.
By
Anonymous, at 9:16 PM
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