-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike Miller wrote: > This question is about local places that can do data recovery work, so it > would probably apply to any OS, but my friend with a problem today > happened to be running Windows XP on a Dell laptop. > > What local computer pros might be able to get some data off of this HDD? > Here's what happened: > > The Dell laptop's HDD had failed during the summer and the drive was > repartitioned. Just the other day my friend left the laptop running and > went for a cup of coffee. When she got back it had powered down, or was > on standby, or was hibernating, or something. She went to press the power > button but accidentally pressed the "Media Direct" button which is right > next to the power button and looks just like it. Unfortunately, that > small mistake marked the end of her working laptop. After that it > wouldn't boot, Ubuntu Live CD couldn't mount the drive, and Windows XP > install CD said that the drive needed to be reformatted. > > I got out BartPE and ran "chkdsk c: /r". It ran and when it was done I > could look at the drive using Ubuntu Live CD, but I could not find any of > her data. It still will not boot to Windows and says "NTLDR is missing". > > So who in the Twin Cities might be able to find some of her files? > > Mike Ontrack is in Eden Prairie. But you quickly find out what your data means to you, the bill gets to 4 figures fast. http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com/ - -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5ABC 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkksM80ACgkQJvkB8SevrssZPgCeMAZQWL+4dI+KN1YrQBbOVCle hsIAoJAV2iZNghA9NWkT4+gczvh5ooDS =osbJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----