hard drive recovery?

[amethystmoon.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know of a place in the area that can do hard drive recovery, other than Microcenter or Best Buy (which I'm already looking into)? I've been doing some looking online, but my hard drive is clicking, and a lot of places seem to say they won't deal with that.

Alternatively, does anyone in the area have an Archos Gmini MP3 player, and could lend me the charger for a bit? I used mine as my backup hard drive, but I lost the charger and the battery is presently dead.

Edit: Thank you all for advice and suggestions. I've found a charger for the Archos, and I'm going to try a couple more at-home efforts with the hard drive, involving different boards, the assistance of a kind LJ neighbor, and possibly this fun-sounding freezing option, and chalk it up to a loss if they don't work. Who knew clean rooms were so expensive? ;)

Comments

Re: TechFusion

[viellen]

I'd be remiss if I didn't speak up to say I've dealt with Tech Fusion in a professional way, and have heard numerous feedback from my clients denouncing their business. They often make promises they can't keep. They employ technicians who are often uneducated and make poor decisions that end up causing further damage to machines. They have also been very difficult to deal with once they do screw up.

I second what a couple commenters have said, Drive Savers is the standard in the industry. If your HD is clicking, you're looking at a starting price of ~$400 no matter where you go. Realistically, you're looking at at least a grand. Data recovery is a very specialized industry that requires expensive technology and a clean room. If you really care about your data, don't bring it to a local hack; they'll take your $300 and not give you anything to show for it.

Re: TechFusion

[grapefruiteater.livejournal.com]

I've heard that about Tech Fusion, too--directly from Apple, in fact, about one of our work computers.