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Comment Re:Professional help with mixed results (Score 1) 504

Good point! Defragmenting makes data recovery much easier. The easiest files to recover are pictures because they get written in 1 piece. The hardest files to recover are things like email and databases where a little bit is added to the file all day long. Then it get fragmented all over - with out the master file table you got nuttin... (I do this daily alandata.com)

Comment Re:Professional help with mixed results (Score 1) 504

I do data recovery every day (www.alandata.com) The first thing we try to recover is the master file table - which has all the names and maps the files. Often we find their is damage in the master file table. This is because the heads go there more than anywhere else. Without this its pretty messy - no names or paths - unless you just want pictures which usually self identify.

Comment Re:My experiences (Score 1) 504

wacking a drive is very risky - you can pretzel the heads or detach them. Now if it does spin you are scraping bare metal arms across shiny platters - this is a bad thing... On the other hand you have nothing to lose except your data. The freezer trick doesnt work much anymore - it used to work on older drives with termal compensation issues or hot electronics parts. Now not so much. On the other hand its not likely to damage the drive - unless condensation forms. I know, I do this daily (www.alandata.com)

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