# Data Recovery HELP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 27, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728 "2009-07-27T21:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/21 "2009-07-28T09:01:36Z")
look into ontrack data recovery, [www.ontrackdatarecovery.com](http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com), we are in the process of partnering with them but we arent set up yet. Either way you can go to the site and go from there with it. they have a 100% feedback rating in our area for data recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/22 "2009-07-28T11:19:28Z")
> [@SyracuseStreetRacers.com](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/syracusestreetracers-com/20611/389): > > i don’t think the head crashed cause the system wasn’t hit or anything… i dunno we’ll find out tonight i guess. if all else fails i’ll send it out to a pro recovery firm. Doesnt matter… Prolong use of a hard drive, constant writeing/erasing of applications and files… being extremely fragmented and the ehad having to move back and forth can cause hard drive to wear prematurly also heat… I used to kill hard drives a few years back when my room was hot as fuck and i was constantly on my computer… Anyways… just saying the hard drive doesnt have to take a shock for the arm/head to go bad and perminently bend you over and fuck you in the ass ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/23 "2009-07-28T11:27:49Z")
I run an external usb hdd for backups, and usually have a second internal one for backups as well, just not at the moment. I already had a system drive fail on me before, backups are a must. If you don’t feel like backing stuff up by hand (I do it daily) then setting them into a mirror raid array is an option. As far as saving the existing drive - I’d look around for firms that specialize in it, the quoted amount sounds way too high. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/24 "2009-07-28T16:07:23Z")
second quote from the place 99frc suggested $65 to examine $995 to recover. FML. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/25 "2009-07-28T17:55:02Z")
> [@Christmas Tree lights](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/christmas-tree-lights/20985/16): > > second quote from the place 99frc suggested $65 to examine $995 to recover. FML. Its a lot of money but if whatevers on there means something to you well then you cant really put a price on it :lol Fuck that why do you think they charge so much? Because they know people put priceless shit on their comps then dont backup and failure is inevitable… ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/26 "2009-07-28T19:37:18Z")
My 1.5TB Seagate was clicking and would work fine for a bit until the OS stopped recognizing it. Get data off fast. I use Acronis for backups to another server with 5TB. ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/27 "2009-07-28T19:52:17Z")
well its too late for that shawn lol well wayne, u sound like this data is pretty serious, why dont u send me the hdd and i’ll get the data off for you 100% success rate ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/28 "2009-07-28T19:52:43Z")
hah ! kidding, yeah right the only thing i would do is what was said above, :lol sorry to hear tho ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/29 "2009-07-28T19:53:54Z")
Yep. He is screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/30 "2009-07-28T20:47:29Z")
shes back in the freezer. i’m not taking it back out for awhile. like days. fuck it. i def will miss all my shit, but i won’t miss it enough to justify $1100. ---
**Author:** ![Mike3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mike3/32/6350_2.png) [@Mike3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike3)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/31 "2009-07-28T23:22:20Z")
> [@Student attempts suicide because of Ofttopic.net](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/student-attempts-suicide-because-of-ofttopic-net/20992/3): > > well its too late for that shawn lol > > well wayne, u sound like this data is pretty serious, why dont u send me the hdd and i’ll get the data off for you 100% success rate yo you still got my hdd? the one you failed to get the data off of haha? ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/32 "2009-07-29T08:33:54Z")
> [@cigarette lighter jump start?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cigarette-lighter-jump-start/20991/6): > > shes back in the freezer. i’m not taking it back out for awhile. like days. fuck it. i def will miss all my shit, but i won’t miss it enough to justify $1100. its probably better that all the CP gets destroyed :rofl haha but yea its a lot of money and unless its once in a lifetime family shit or something to me anyways would not be worth it ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/33 "2009-07-29T10:30:28Z")
I have a laptop and a PC. I have my pictures, documents, program installers, and music on both (pretty current on the laptop - PC is the main data). Games, Movies are burned every couple of months to DVD. Right now I probably have 8 DVD’s and 10 game images on my PC. If one dies, I go out and buy a drive, and re-install and then copy from the other machine. Works for me. And I get more use from it than have just a portable HD. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728.md?page=1)