September 15, 2005
corrupted hd = data recovery $1800
i bought a Lacie Porsche model 250gb external drive about 9 months ago to have a second back up and storage of my photos (i back everything up on DVD as well religiously)
I went searching for a photo for this project i needed an image for (a book that is being published actually). This is when i realized my HD was not mounting no matter what i did.
Then I went searching for the DVDs that would have that image on it (around jan-feb of this year) and lo and behold THERE ARE APPROX 5 DVDS MISSING!!!!! those dvds being my last year of backups (and maybe up till may of '04). Now, I am extremely anal retentive about double back ups, these disks are my prized posession. I am a photographer and they are worth a lot to me - I don't just throw these disks anywhere, they are always in the same spot with my other disks. I searched everywhere, in the weirdest places... nothing. I moved into a new room in my apt. in August so all i can think of is accidentally throwing them away... which is SO unlikely but accidents do happen...
Anyway then i realized that i seriously needed the data on my HD. So i contacted Lacie tech support and they gave me a list of things to do, and i did them. and nothing worked, it was gone. the thing is, if you open disc utility you can see the drive, but when you click on it, you can't check or fix problems, because the drive is corrupt apparently- it's not formatted anymore it looks like. data rescue x doesn't even recognize the HD.
so i contacted Disk Savers at their suggestion, mentioned tekserve for a 20% discount and asked them to give me a price quote for my model.... $1500-1800
there is NO way i can afford that. he said to hold onto the drive, that maybe i would win the lottery tomorrow and that they can retrieve the info at any point if i don't mess with it or trade it (i am still on one year warranty! but of course that doesn't cover data recovery).
so yeah. i am trying to get my little bro to find someone at R.I.T where he goes to school that knows how to do it. but he isn't having any luck at the moment. my roommate wants us to put an ad on craigslist offering trades of some sort. i don't really know what else to do, except cry and look for those DVDs more, although i think i've covered everywhere...
Posted by Jenene at September 15, 2005 06:53 PM