As odd as it may sound, Kim Kommando once suggested sticking the drive in the freezer for a few hours; take it out; and see if it works again.  Pull as much as you can off it. Daniel On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:17 PM, AZ Pete wrote: > > Hi All, > > I got this message from a member of my photo club. Any one have any recommendations? > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > Thanks, > Peter > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Drive crash > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:40:14 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > > Does anyone have recommendations for a data recovery business, preferably here in the valley.  My external drive isn't working.  Seagate wants $600 for data recovery - way out of reach for me.  I have backups of the original images so not all is lost.  I hope to avoid reworking a lot of images by getting the data recovered but I can't afford a lot of $$$. > > Jim B > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | Daniel P. Stasinski | daniel@GenericInbox.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss