drccsc wrote:
AlexLilic wrote:
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I think you have the wrong idea. The solution for this problem requires specific data recovery hardware and software and knowledge. If someone posts a video that shows how to solve the problem using a $10,000+ piece of equipment, this does absolutely nothing to benefit the end user.
True there are some folks here in this forum who do/did/could work for hard drive manufacturers writing drive firmware who have figured out how to deal with it without expensive equipment, but there again that does nothing to benefit the end user.
This is VERY true and NOT understood unfortunately. Also, so many get upset about so-called "secrets" etc etc... I have a slightly different feeling about so of this information...let me try to explain
I phone and chat with other members and sometimes we do share some unpublished information but there is often good reason not to share it publicly as well.
Example: A fellow Guru has some very much needed techniques and information. I need this to solve a special case. I offer to pay my colleague or trade something and also promise not to disclose HIS discovery. I agree NOT to publish it (means post here,etc). This information cannot be found anywhere. Often there is much experimentation, many many hours of work, etc to figure out some things in DR. Recently, I offered to send some special electronics to a colleague in Europe in exchange for some very valuable information he gave to me. He ask me not to publish his work. I respect that. So if someone asks me how to solve this problem and I say that I can do it, but I cannot tell you how to do it, am I being selfish? Or respectful? You tell me.
This happens very often. Anyway, there are many instances similar to this.
Surely the person who discovers something wishes to receive credit for his discovery, right? Many times, he likes to keep to himself, so he might be one of the few persons to know how to repair a certain case, right? What is wrong with this? After all, he made the discovery....he worked very hard and had the knowledge and abilities to solve the problem. I respect and honor this. Maybe I am wrong...maybe if you discover something after working hundreds of hours and spending thousands of your own money, you give it away and tell the world? that is very charitable, but most people want something for their work, and I respect that very much.
Besides, there are very expensive tools and complex combinations of techniques required to perform most of the harder recoveries, as drccsc pointed out. I suppose it is interesting to know, but just purchase your own $10K+ in tools and don't forget the most important part = RTFM and also conduct your own experiments, and you will be very happy for sure.
I enjoy talking very much with other DR I met here. Unfortunately, I have been too busy lately to Chat or telephone anyone! I post this hoping that it would shed some insight and perhaps give some clue to other reasoning as to why some information is not so "transparent about what we do and how we do it" . I know this is not about topic 7200.11 solution....sorry!