** Alex Phillips <alex@???> [2007-11-12 19:32]:
>   I'm after a recommendation for a disk recovery company, preferably in 
> Hampshire.
> 
>   The HD in my Brothers PC has died, and it contains the only copy of 
> most of the pictures of his 2 month-old daughter, so he's willing to pay 
> to get them back. I'm pretty sure the HD itself is dead, as I've tried 
> it in 3 PCs with various connection configurations (master/slave etc.) 
> and none of them can see it in the bios, and if you hold it in your 
> hand, you can't feel it spin-up.
> 
>   Does anyone have any experience with a commercial recovery company ?
> 
>    I know they can be expensive, but he's willing to pay a reasonable 
> amount, although obviously we'd like to find one that are willing to 
> take a look at the disk and "give us a quote" for the work, as it were.
** end quote [Alex Phillips]
I work with a local one. I'll try to remember to dig out the details for
you. They do a free diagnosis, which is nice. I've only had to use them
once, for a customer, but we have a common history with IBM Havant (when
they were still manufacturing and testing HDs), and I believe they use
their cleanrooms when necessary.
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