I have this old floppy disk that i found when i was cleaning, and i remembered that i had stored some old short stories i had written ages ago. maybe about 9 years or so. I was able to retrieve MOST of the files off of it except for 4 of them. Then i just kept trying repeatedly to open them and one of them (after several attempts) magically opened up, but that’s not to say for the last three. I ran norton diskdoctor on the drive and it found no errors.

I tried searching and i found this website where the guy said to "copy all sectors from the disk" or something… but in laymans terms, i had no idea what he was talking about.

i realize that i can send it to a data recovery service if I’d be willing to spend the money for these files, but I’m still trying to find out if there are any other ways to get these THREE out of maybe 30 files to open!

please help me if you can!
im desperate.
these files aren’t so much important.. but priceless in a sense that its my childhood.

OK, A customer came to me today requesting data recovery service. I said no prob! He brings his items in, and we say bye. I go over to check it out, and see an ancient Apple Power PC and a pile of 3.5 inch floppies.

I tried recovering the floppies with the Apple I have, but MAC OSX and data written with MAC OS 7 Just don’t get along… AT ALL

I went and tried every floppy recovery program I have on a PC. I did at least get a list of the bad sectors, but none of the programs were compatible with 1.0 MB floppies.

I suspect E.S.D. is the issue. they are recoverable, but after multiple failed attempts, My question is this. Does anyone know of a data recovery program that can run on windows, and read/repair data written in the pre 82x old school MAC OS?

I called the guy and said it’s probably not going to happen, then he told me what was on them, and what he would pay me if I recovered his files…. let’s just say I became dedicated immediately!

And it must be a Windows program, oddly enough, OSX is far less compatible with it’s OS predecessor than Windows is.

If someone helps me find a solution, I swear I will thumb up and vote best answer for every question that person posts for the next month. Oh, and of course the 10 points.

Here is what I’ve tried so far

ADRC data recovery

testdisk

Disk investigator

PCI File Recovery

Flopshow

Recover floppy pro

Thanks!

I have movies and music that I have downloaded on my external hard drive. It’s stopped working and now I need to have a data recovery service performed on it. Will they report me? Will they know? Can they see files that have been on my PC first (i.e. as I am downloading movies and music to my PC’s hard drive first, then transfering to the xternal drive)?

So, my hard drive on my laptop died. It’s doing the clicking/not spinning up thing. I tried the whole freezer thing, yada yada…basically, I know it’s a mechanical thing and the only hope I have is to go to a data recovery service and get them to take out the data plates and put them in a new drive and recover the data. That said…I know that this process is expensive, but my data is important, and I have money. I am wondering just how expensive it is. I looked into it, saw some prices by the hour, and some "as low as !" prices, but does anyone have any "real" quotes? And if my hard drive is 80 GB and I only need maybe 5 GB recovered, will it cost less than getting the whole 80 recovered?
Just a note, I’m looking for dollar amounts, thanks everyone!

Apparently my Firewire drive disconnected and now it prompts me to reformat. Data recovery service wants a minimum of 0. A friend says that buying a new disk enclosure may solve the issue. What to do?

It’s not listed on their website. I’ve only read that "it’s expensive".

I’m interested in starting a small data recovery service and apparently the Deepspar PC-3000 system really makes the impossible possible.

Just looking for price info. Thanks!
*** Update ***
I found out from DeepSpar that the device costs ,000 USD. That’s what "it’s expensive" means, apparently.

We recorded our wedding with a video recorder that took the little small dvd disks. but when we went to view it on the recorder, the screen said disk error. there was a prompt to repair the damage and we said yes but it said it couldnt repair the damage. we dont even have a clue how the thing could have been damaged to begin with. Does anyone know of an inexpensive data recovery service. we are hearing quotes of upwards of 0+.

My Macbook laptop just recently starting having problems and is no longer recognizing the hard drive for whatever reason. Apple can fix it for me by putting in a new HD but I would very much like to save the files that I know are still stored on the old HD. Does anyone have any recommendations on a good mail away or local (to Northen Virginia) data recovery service? How much is this probably going to cost me?

A friend lost many prized pictures when his hard drive failed. The drive quit suddenly rather than making any noise hinting at a problem. I believe motor or electronics have failed rather than a head crash.

MANY choices are found searching for "data recovery service"!

Can someone recommend a particular company to deal with?

I am looking for a good data recovery service (preferably in Manhattan) that is neither wildly expensive (preferably below 0), that will not destroy my hard drive. I've heard that bad data recovery services can actually make it impossible for you to ever get your data back. I don't want to lose my data to inexperienced people. Thanks for any advice.

Also, if there is a company that is really good and affordable that I can mail my Hard Drive to, then that might work too.

Thanks!