I like a place called Drive Savers, I've used them on a few projects for very important footage, they are able to rescue data 99% of the time and the one time they couldn't they kindly sent it back to me with no charge. If your data is important to you it's worth hiring an expert, in my opinion.
On a side note, I was on a project once where 3 days footage was inadvertently wiped, Data Rescue did the trick, San Disk was also giving out a free trial on recovery software that's worked everytime on CFs and SDs. My two cents Carrie Schreck carrieschreck.com On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Bill Seery <b...@mercermedia.com> wrote: > Before sending it to anyone, I would crack the case and try mounting it > internally or buy an inexpensive enclosure or SATA (if it is SATA) dock and > see if it spins up. I have had external drives actually go on fire and have > been able to recover them. It's usually the power supply or interface that > goes, though drive failures can occur.There can also be issues with corrupt > directories that can be resolved with software. > > If you can get it to spin but can't get it to mount try Data Rescue II if > you're on a Mac. I've had good luck with it. You can try it for free to see > what it can recovery and then purchase it. You'll need a second drive to > copy recovered files to. I would stay away from any software that tries to > fix the drive like Norton or Diskwarrior. > > > Best of Luck > > Bill Seery > b...@mercermedia.com > 212.627.8070 > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/25/12 8:57 AM, "Shane Eason" <shaneea...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > > >> FW Gang: > > Has anyone recently used a data recovery center, such as The Data > >> Rescue Center in Livermore, CA? I have an external drive that's > completely > >> crashed. No software that I have access to will solve the problem. I > think it > >> could be mechanical. Anyway, from what I hear, I should look at > spending a lot > >> to recover the drive, which blows! So any advice/solution would be > great! As > >> you may guess, I haven't backed up the drive and there's a lot of > film/video > >> projects on it. > >> Thanks! > > Shane > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- Carrie Schreck Filmmaker, photographer, and all-around cool chick. (415) 730 1146
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