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...