Hi all,

Anyone knows what are the charges for data recovery ?

depend on ur HDD size
last time one guy from data recovery service quote for me 80gb harddisk for recovery around 600-700

Wuhlao..1/4 of my salary...sadnya

ofcoz..imagine if your hdd is 1TB..haha..better u back-up in another reserve hdd, now very cheap for hdd what

There are usually 2 types of data recovery (this is for hard disk reference. other devices i am not sure e.g flash drive, memory card, etc...)
1. software (cheap) - use a particular software to recover you data. usually takes a day or two depending on size
2 hardware (very expensive) - meaning the circuit board, motor, read write head or some physical part of the hard disk is spoilt. The disc is actually very hard. Therefore, data stored is actually quite safe. It is transferred to another hard disk and files are then being recovered.

Thanks guys for your help..When my samsung external hdd spoil or corrupted,i ask my supplier y it spoil,he say

hu ask u no save in another hdd.I wanna kill him man.
Den i get this external for wat?
I bought 3 mths oni,hdd corrupted.

What he said is true.

Your external hdd is just a "backup" storage, it should not be treated as your main storage in case your external storage goes kaput, like what happened to you.

agree but when ur HDD corrupted even just a backup file...whos not flaming man..
actually TS...for data recovery may cost u lots...RMxxx-xxxx depends...
IMO, from now on u need to do prompt backup from time to time...
burn in dvd's maybe even if u have backup HDD...

Yea, it aint cheap for data recovery services. I personally dont burn dvds but have my own fileserver to keep my files.

Very expensive haa for data recovery.. Now i'm start saving money to recover my corrupted 1TB hdd

it is depends actually, if your hard drive totally gone (got cracking sound) then better send to data recovery center

if not try your luck with any data recovery software, it may take few hours since your hard drive quiet big

Hi guys my 1.5TB external seagate harddisk just not working anymore.
Anyone know where can I send to for data recovery ? I have about 300 GB of data inside...I bought the hardisk in 12th August 2009 so just 1 year 2 months old...

I think the harddisk is not spinning anymore fter a few trys.
Initially when I have tried the first time yesterday, it says the seagate driver failed to be installed, now it become like cannot detect the external harddisk...

Any help is appreciated or like some one else say the external harddisk
is the grave of all data where you pay to store something you cannot recover, what a ironny to the actual purpose of a external drive...

It cost RM480 and 100 manhours to accumulate the data and now is gone..

You can try adriot data recovery at http://www.adrc.net/.

I usually goto to another company in singapore for my data recovery since i am currently based in singapore.

Thanks, will try to recover if not too expensive...Hopefully not too expensive...

i recover 20gb of data n it cost me rm800++

It depends on type of damage your hdd suffer and what config it is.

A mechanical failure on a single drive will cost more then say an electronic problem such as firmware prob.

Once you goto the raid territory, the cost jumps significantly. My company paid in the tens of thousands to recover our main fileserver files since some of the backups were corrupted.

Last time (2006) my office hard disk corrupted, got physical noise, hardware problem.
It was Western Digital hard drive & they suggest we sent it to CBL Data Recovery Technologies (s) Pte Ltd in Singapore via courier.

CBL troubleshooting result:
- Electrical damage to the read/write head assembly.
- Multiple read errors located throughout the platter surface(s).

Cost of repair:
- US$1,600 for 80GB Hard Disk.

why soooooo expensive just to recover HDD.. make me feel sinister.....if there another way to recover HDD....???
because my HDD spoil... tgh pc can't detect the HDD,if my pc can detect it went i try to tranfer the data from my laptop to HDD everything will hang.
also my laptop,the task manager also don't response... ....., can any suggestion about my Scenario...before i throw a way..... my HDD is SATA 180 GB..

p/s : sorry tumpang thread....

It depends on damage, if severe damage and they were able to recover 100% of the data, then its worth it if you think the data in your hdd is worth the money.

Quite a number of time i heard ppl say the data on the dead hdd is priceless, but when they hear the cost of getting it back, its not so priceless anymore.

It is expensive to recover data from harddisk. If there is something important you want to recover then go ahead la, if its just some mp3s or entertainment I suggest that you forget it and download it again

Btw, hard disk is not a reliable place to store your important data. If you really want to secure it, burn them on dvd or copy them somewhere else.

well i did mine own my own bought the software thru internet bout 19.90USD. just wanna recover 50% full of my 160GB HDD. and yeah...it took me whole weekend... imagine 2 days to recover less than 100GB data

plus u need to select the file 1 by 1 and not all recoverable.

Beware and better to do more survey 1st before you go to http://www.adrc.com.my.

I did send a hd (160GB) to the company for evaluation before.
But I did not proceed for the recovery bcoz of its price is so expensive (3.5++K) that i feel it is unacceptable and also out of my budget.

Why I sent to this company becoz its evaluation charges on not to proceed for recovery when the data is recoverable is cheaper (95).
Other companies are more expensive (about 250).

I thought the evaluation charges is cheaper then the data recovery charges would be cheaper also. !!!!This is totally WRONG!!!!!

I did some survery before I sent my hd to the company. The range is about 400 - 2.5K(Max) for the hd size 160GB.

This company never give me a max figure for recovering my hd although I keep on asking.
They just said have to depend on my hd conditional. I still past it to them becoz of the thought, cheaper.

After I received the qoute, I totally shock!!! how come it is so expensive compare with the market price.
According to them my hd is just head failure and the data is recoverable.

I asked them for a cheaper price as just the head failure. They just asked me to look for other companies.
They make you to feel that it is worth to pay such amount money as no other companies can do it.

After I told back the hd and past it to another company for evaluation, the result is too many scratches on the disc and not recoverable.

I very disappoint and sad as all my data is gone forever.

Think twice when you want to send your hd to the company for recovery.

As i know, the market recover the data with GB/RM. Depend on how many Data you recover then they charge you. Because not all data they can recover.

Ouch...sorry to hear that...

Never thought of that.
Good Advice...will keep in mind next time.

Read this http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1586107 Maybe it helps. Looks like he offers price range between rm 30 to rm150. Give it a try.

I think this service just for normal recovery.mean harddisk still can detect from PC/Laptop etc,crash,bad sector,blue screen but NOT for Harddisk TOTALLY KONG.

if not the very important files, i dun suggest to recovery, it cos a bomb~

Thats how ALL hdd recovery companies operate, they will not give you a final estimate until they have thoroughly check the type of damage that your hdd has suffered and what is the probability that they can recover data and how much of it.

I knew that beforehand so i expected that recovery of data is gonna be expensive. Plus it helps when there is competition since being the sole provider of recovery services means you essentially have a monopoly and can charge as much as you want.

There is no market price on data recovery since each vendor set his/her own price since its a niche industry. plus the enterprise grade software and hardware needed to do both analysis and recovery isnt cheap.

"I thought the evaluation charges is cheaper then the data recovery charges would be cheaper also. !!!!This is totally WRONG!!!!!"

It IS wrong as in YOUR in the wrong for assuming that the evaluation could correlate to cheaper recovery charge.

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Added on November 1, 2010, 12:01 amThats why better safe then sorry. People should have 2 tier backup solution. one local and one offsite.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Nov 1 2010, 12:01 AM

if the faulty hdd for a laptop which is still under warranty, isn't it that the company (dell) have the responsibility to recover the data for the user?

nope.. they said their warranty doesnt cover data recovery! my HDD on my Dell laptop just kong too.. a day or two before new year! and thats what they told me.. didnt know it could cost so much...