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Finding valid data on a well-used hard-drive (even one in good working order) is a bit like trying to find a diamond ring in a dumpster full of restaurant trash
by simonblack 5y ago
Finding valid data on a well-used hard-drive (even one in good working order) is a bit like trying to find a diamond ring in a dumpster full of restaurant trash.
The first question is "Does the data I'm looking for even exist on this drive now?". (Maybe it did in the past before the drive died, but does it now?)
It's more affordable for you to do the looking yourself, of course. But that might entail sourcing replacement components for the damaged hard drive.
But whether you do the looking, or get somebody else to do the looking, there will be much time involved. And time is money.
- boringg 5y agoFair enough - thanks. I just assumed that we could have some kind of mechanism these days that would enable the process to be more effective as it used to be insanely expensive in the early 00s ... as time progresses you'd think it would have come down in price or new mechanisms would be found.