# Data recovery business? v.HDDcrash
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [January 11, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954 "2005-01-11T06:37:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Original\_Nutta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Original_Nutta)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954/1 "2005-01-11T06:37:28Z")
My laptop’s HDD just crashed on the way back to Toronto and i have a lot of files on there that were important. I called up one place in Sauga that quoted me near $500 to get back 80-90% of my data.
I’m hoping someone here has any experience to refer me to a reputable and hopefully cheaper solution.
I’ll move this thread to Chat after awhile.
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### Author:  [@ADAM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ADAM)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954/2 "2005-01-11T07:15:19Z")
action front data recovery in toronto
adam
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### Author:  [@MrSkinny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MrSkinny)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954/3 "2005-01-11T07:25:53Z")
i looked in to these companies a while back as well and i got a quote like 500 bucks as well… is this place cheaper?
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### Author:  [@s14\_2Nv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s14_2Nv)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954/4 "2005-01-11T07:54:21Z")
I need some files off my dead laptop too…
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### Author:  [@Original\_Nutta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Original_Nutta)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954/5 "2005-01-11T08:24:05Z")
> [@ADAM](#):
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> action front data recovery in toronto
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> adam
That’s the place i contacted. They gave me a rough quote of $500. They seem decent enough, but would like to check out my other options, if i have any that is.
I have about 5Gbs of pics from the UK, that i don’t want to lose and a bunch of CD’s and DVDs that i ripped while i was there.
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### Author:  [@1gq2nv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1gq2nv)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954/6 "2005-01-11T09:01:03Z")
Is it a hardware or software failure?
If you have more details on the nature of the failure I can give you a quote, otherwise if you don’t mind leaving your laptop with me for a day or two, I can have my tech guys look at it and come up with a solution and price.
Email me [andrei@dreiden.com](mailto:andrei@dreiden.com)
or PM
DRE
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### Author:  [@Ed1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ed1)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954/7 "2005-01-11T11:41:34Z")
dead laptop? is it only the HD not owkring or is it something else in the laptop ? ( ie other hardware parts in the laptop )
sometimes, the HD overheats and cauese problem w/ the hardware stuff surroudning it… you might want to try taking the HD out and testing it on an external case you can buy and plug it into a normal computer
hope that helps.
no software problem/things envolved…
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### Author:  [@MrSkinny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MrSkinny)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954/8 "2005-01-11T11:44:21Z")
mainly this thread is about a dead hard drive. hardware problem. not software. as far as i know only a handful of places specialize in data recovery on dead hds. its expensive to do and anyone who can offer a cheap alternative is what we’re lookin for.
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### Author:  [@Original\_Nutta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Original_Nutta)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-business-v-hddcrash/82954/9 "2005-01-11T16:50:28Z")
> [@MrSkinny](#):
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> mainly this thread is about a dead hard drive. hardware problem. not software. as far as i know only a handful of places specialize in data recovery on dead hds. its expensive to do and anyone who can offer a cheap alternative is what we’re lookin for.
Word. I think i got a hookup from a fellow SON member, and will try and take my laptop to him Wednesday. Got the flu too, so i’m hoping i feel better tomorrow to make the trip.
Getting another HDD for my laptop is another problem. The ones that Dell used are prone to jamming up.
I looked up the error code and got DST Short error - 1000 0146. Not much info about it online, and even Dell is useless. But i imagine it’s seaized up and the files haven’t been corrupted, so there is a greater chance of recovering all my files.