hard drive recovery?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

Anyone have a recommendation for someone (preferably local) to do hard drive recovery? I've got an external hard drive - Western Digital "My Book World" - that's b0rked, and I'd love to see if it's possible to get (any of) the data off of it.

Thanks!

Experiences with USAlliance Credit Union?

[she-of-emeralds.livejournal.com]

Hi all,

I'm considering switching my banking from a regular commercial bank to USAlliance on Mass. Ave. near Porter Square, because the commercial bank in question is not very interested in servicing customers who have as little money with them as I do (i.e. not a heck of a lot), and their fees are getting higher and higher, and I am more and more finding myself philosophically/politically in favor of member-owned, not-for-profit institutions.

There was a thread a couple of years ago about credit unions vs. banks in general, but I'm specifically interested in USAlliance because I'm not eligible for any other credit union in the area that I know of.

So: has anyone ever used, or are still using, USAlliance? If so, what was the experience like? Good points and bad points? If you left them, why? If you're staying, why? And so forth and so on.

I could really use some feedback. Thanks!

(And if there are tags besides "banking" that I should be using, please let me know--I didn't find one for "credit unions." Again, thanks!)