Re: Is RMB2000 a rip-off for data recovery?
Bjørn Stabell <[email protected]> Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:18:56 +0800
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--===============1418037382== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-3--1003591790 --Apple-Mail-3--1003591790 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Also highly recommend listening to him and Lee's "Security Now" podcast on the TWiT network. Great look into the ins and outs of security, copy protection, virtual machines, etc. He's great at taking difficult things and explaining them in a simple and entertaining manner. After listening to a couple of episodes of Security Now you also end up wanting to buy SpinRite just to support the guy :) On Feb 4, 2007, at 00:55, Ralf Pieper wrote: > I would suggest SpinWrite from Gibson's grc.com, works wonders on > bad data. I used it many years ago to low level reformat HDs > without much trouble, still today it is a great piece of software, > abut $80 if I remember correctly. > > On 1/22/07, Grzegorz Jakacki <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > A friend of mine lost data on HDD in a Vaio laptop, supposedly after > resetting the machine during defragmentation. Friend took it to a data > recovery shop, and they supposedly recovered the data, but they claim > they had to move the medium to another similar unit under clean-room > conditions etc., which does not seem consistient with the potential > damage my friend might have done to this disk (also with the fact that > they returned the disk and > > They are trying to charge RMB2000 for the recovered data. Is this a > reasonable price for such a service in Beijing? > > Thanks > Greg > _______________________________________________ > blug-general list > [email protected] > http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general > > > > -- > Skype: ralferix > Tel: 360 215-5250 Call me and ask me how you can get your own free > phone number at http://ipkall.com and connect it to a hard phone. > Long Distance charges to Washington State may apply. > _______________________________________________ > blug-general list > [email protected] > http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general --Apple-Mail-3--1003591790 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Also highly recommend listening = to him and Lee's "Security Now" podcast on the TWiT network.=A0 Great = look into the ins and outs of security, copy protection, virtual = machines, etc.=A0 He's great at taking difficult things and explaining = them in a simple and entertaining manner.=A0 After listening to a couple = of episodes of Security Now you also end up wanting to buy SpinRite just = to support the guy :)<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 4, 2007, at 00:55, Ralf = Pieper wrote:</DIV><BR class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE = type=3D"cite">I would suggest SpinWrite from Gibson's <A = href=3D"http://grc.com">grc.com</A>, works wonders on bad data.=A0 I = used it many years ago to low level reformat HDs without much trouble, = still today it is a great piece of software, abut $80 if I remember = correctly. <BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class=3D"gmail_quote">On 1/22/07, <B = class=3D"gmail_sendername">Grzegorz Jakacki</B> <<A = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A>> = wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px = solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: = 1ex;"> Hi,<BR><BR>A friend of mine lost data on HDD in a Vaio laptop, = supposedly after<BR>resetting the machine during defragmentation. Friend = took it to a data<BR>recovery shop, and they supposedly recovered the = data, but they claim <BR>they had to move the medium to another similar = unit under clean-room<BR>conditions etc., which does not seem = consistient with the potential<BR>damage my friend might have done to = this disk (also with the fact that<BR> they returned the disk = and<BR><BR>They are trying to charge RMB2000 for the recovered data. Is = this a<BR>reasonable price for such a service in = Beijing?<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>Greg<BR>________________________________________= _______ <BR>blug-general list<BR><A = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]= lug.org</A><BR><A = href=3D"http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general">= http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general = </A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=3D"all"><BR>-- <BR>Skype: = ralferix<BR>Tel: 360 215-5250 Call me and ask me how you can get your = own free phone number at <A = href=3D"http://ipkall.com">http://ipkall.com</A> and connect it to a = hard phone.=A0=A0Long Distance charges to Washington State may = apply.<DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">blug-general list</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]= lug.org</A></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A = href=3D"http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general">= http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general</A></DIV>= </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-3--1003591790-- --===============1418037382== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ blug-general list [email protected] http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general --===============1418037382==--