Damaged HD data recovery?

If it's ok with you, I can post your query on another forum wot I frequent. There are some true geeks there, at least one in a data recovery business.

Tony

Hi Steve,
Use Data Clinic at dataclinic.co.uk. I have used them twice and they come very highly recomended. They'll trandfer the data disc itself to another reader to lift the information, so don't need the heads to work on your hd. Their succes rate is impressive and won't charge if they are unsuccessful (which they won't be in my opinion).
Best of luck.
Dave

Tony - Appreciated. Many thanks for that and please do.

Dave - I'll investigate them. Again, thanks.

steve

Steve,

I've asked the question on the other forum, just in case the above doesn't work out. All the best and fingers crossed for you.

Tony

Do you know what sort of damage there is to the heads? I reckon there's a fair chance damaged heads would have damaged the disk as the tolerances in there are so fine and the rotational speed so high. If the disk is ok it will have to be rehoused and this has to be done in sterile lab conditions as even a particle of dust in there could cause irreparable damage. It all tends to mean big bucks. We investigated several years ago and the cost was in the high hundreds, perhaps even thousands. It's a long time ago but we declined the offer as we had decent backups.

Have you tried Google? "hard drive data recovery" produced no end of possibilities but a personal recommendation is always preferable.

I'll be very interested in the outcome.

I've always used OnTrack. They're not cheap, but they have successfully recovered a number of drives for the business I work for in the past.

Note: As per Tom's comments, the chances of recovery following a head failure are extremely slim.