Long time reader first time poster
I registered today because i finally understood what the pros / data recovery experts were saying all this time.
Then: All this time i was on the newbies side thinking DR is sooo secretive industry. They must know but they don't wanna tell. Its 2 min fix if they tell me how to do it. Of course I am coming from IT background. I ll be able to quickly understand. They charge arm and a leg for nothing. That's why they are secretive. They are soooo rude. People just need their data back.
I think you get the picture
In BetweenI work for an IT company as a senior IT consultant. 25 year in IT from security software database networking. Very confident too. Our moto "never been beaten" until the management decided to branch out to data recovery.
NowAfter many many many many months research ,many many many many many $, many many many many hours paid training, many many many many hdds I can say, I am converted.
There is no quick fix, there is no easy recovery, very rarely you have two exact cases especially it is almost impossible to diagnose a fault using couple of lines of text without any information in them. NO, changing the PCB wont fix your hdd, putting it in the freezer definitely wont get your data back. And no one can explain step by step how to change a head.
Alignment wont happen with being careful too.
And begging and WRITING IN CAPITAL wont make anyone tell you the magic secret because IT DOESN'T EXIST.
It takes time to recover, every case is different, and you need equipment to do it. The only reason why some recoveries are quick is because pros have done it before.
Thank you
Misha
I just started in DR myself and personally love it. It is a challenge and one big giant puzzle (puzzles give me goose bumps of excitement). The only part that is a REAL pain are those damn head swaps. So... tedious... Then if you accidentally touch the platter with the tip of your glove because you were too focused on the heads...
Now I can truly understand why data recovery is so expensive. Its hard. Sometimes unforgiving. Once you figure out a tough job and get things going what a rush.
Either way it is a ton of fun. I get to work and do stuff that so few people do, get to do or don't want to do. Before I was in the IT field as well but worked at a small business leading up the service department. I also did a lot of in-home networking (WiFi). What you said is what I am seeing now. No two drives are ever the same. No two recoveries are the same. They may have similarities but there is all just some quirk that throws a wrench into the mix.