<div dir="ltr">If you wanted to try DIY, take a look at ddrescue.<br><br>There's also Spinrite, which costs money but so far it has worked really well for me. Some people don't like it because it writes back to the "bad" drive and could make things worse, but I think that will mainly be an issue if there is physical damage to the drive.<br>
<br>I would try to make an image using ddrescue, then you could try spinrite and if it makes things worse, then you've already got the backup image.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>❧ Brian Mathis</div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Pete Hardie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pete.hardie@gmail.com" target="_blank">pete.hardie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">ISTR that the topic of data recovery has come up before on the list. Does anyone have recommendations for good places to get data recovered off a laptop drive? The wife's laptop appears to have crapped out and she did not have the latest set of photos backed up<br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">TIA,<br><br clear="all"></div><div>Pete Hardie<br>--------<br>Better Living Through Bitmaps</div>
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