Last I checked pro data recovery was hideously expensive.
You may very well have the cash for this, however having performed pcb
replacements a number of times now I can tell you its really not very hard, and
I dare say not too risky to the data also. It is also reasonably cheap for a
pcb.
Having said this, if you're really not confident doing so its probably best not
to potentially mess up the drive more, although even if you wrecked the PDB the
guts of the drive shouldn't be affected.
D
Joel W Shea <[email protected]> wrote:
>I've recently procured a WD Passport 1TB USB3.0 disk that needs some
>data recovery.
>I'm fairly certain it's a hardware related issue, either the PCB, or
>the read/write heads.
>
>TL;DR – Can anyone recommend a reputable, reliable, and trustworthy
>Australian data recovery service, that has been successful for you or
>someone you know?
>
>(Please, no lectures on backing up data, which has already been given
>to the owner of said data, incidentally not me)
>
>Background information follows;
>* The end-user reported that the drive started making some "unusual"
>sounds, and the filesystem wasn't readable.
>* Advised the owner to safely eject the device and not power it up
>again.
>* Connected it to my linux machine with the intent of creating a
>'ddrescue' image to work with.
>* It detected the USB device, and I could hear it spinning up, with a
>(somewhat louder than usual) head seeking sound.
>* But wouldn't mount, as it could only intermittently read block data,
>a few I/O errors, and/or not detect a block device.
>* Though I was eventually able to recover the partition table with 'dd'
>* When I next powered up the device to perform a ddrescue, the drive
>started with the "clicking of death" along with some beeping from the
>PCB,
>then eventually goes offline.
>* Since then, haven't been game enough to power it on, or try any of
>the more drastic measures such as freezing or "accoustic maintenance",
>in fear of making professional recovery more difficult.
>* So short of replacing the PCB myself, or performing surgical
>recovery/transplant, I've done all I can.
>
>I'm hoping someone could recommend a reliable and trustworthy recovery
>professional, that I can engage to perform the work on my behalf.
>
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