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2TB Media Player - Recover Cost

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  • 23-09-2015 10:16pm
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    chops018
    Registered Users Posts: 2,458 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    As per the title I am wondering how much it would cost to recover this?

    Hasn't been working properly the last while and if it moved at all it would crash.

    I got angry hit it a few thumps and now it when it turns on the disk just clicks.

    How much would it be to recover the files? (There was around 1.2 TB space used on it).


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    chops018
    Registered Users Posts: 2,458 ✭✭✭chops018


    :(


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Its normally steep enough to recover stuff, I'd limit it to what's absolutely crucial, sounds like some of this stuff is priceless.

    Getting a quite directly is probably the best bet.


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    chops018
    Registered Users Posts: 2,458 ✭✭✭chops018


    No general estimate of what I could be looking at?

    What even is the process of recovering files?

    Tbh the stuff on it is not priceless and I rarely used it anymore, but if it was only a couple of hundred euros I'd consider it.


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    davo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 3,318 ✭✭✭davo2001


    Physical damage to a disk means it will need to be recovered using a clean room and specialized equipment. You would be looking at a minimum (absolute minimum) of a few hundred euros, depending on the damage this could run to over a thousand euro +.


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    shanec1928
    Registered Users Posts: 4,148 ✭✭✭shanec1928


    critical data will easily be 4 figures though


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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Maybe this... http://bfy.tw/BIx


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    chops018
    Registered Users Posts: 2,458 ✭✭✭chops018


    beauf wrote: »
    Maybe this... http://bfy.tw/BIx

    What are you on about?


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    Irish Stones
    Registered Users Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭Irish Stones


    chops018 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    As per the title I am wondering how much it would cost to recover this?

    I just went through it, a 2TB HDD that fried because of a wrong voltage being supplied out by a USB port (not my fault, the USB port decided to give out 12 volt instead of 5 !!!).
    I payed a bit more of 1000 euro to recover all data, I couldn't afford to lose them all, I was ready to this expense...
    They worked my HDD in a white room and copied all data on a brand new and guaranteed HDD.
    Once home I made a new copy af this disk on a NAS.
    I feel sorry for you, I know how you feel...


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,016 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Mod note No more unhelpful advice, if you have nothing to add don't bother posting. Netflix is not a solution to an issue with an inaccessible hard disk.

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    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    My bad. I thought on demand might be a valid ( and cost effective) alternative for a media drive and the costs of recovery.


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭degsie


    Helpful advise? OK, back up your stuff.... :)


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