This is an excellent idea, and it should also include Simon's company to make sure they are worthy to be members of their own elite members club.

I would propose, 3 jobs.

1. A drive with severe firmware damage - one that is NOT supported by commercial tools (PC3000, SD Doctors, etc).
2. A drive with a blown head amp and electronics board with embedded ROM.
3. A 1.5 TB Seagate with seized motor.

That would sort the men from the boys.

btw - who would check that the correct work had been done ? we could call them the 'Data Recovery Police'

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scratchy,
How about
1. Toshiba GSS/GSX with logically damaged ROM modules
2. Seagate 7200.11 with blown ROM chip
3. Agree with Seagate 1.5 TB

If you can recover all three of them I will call you the guru

PS: I don't see the point in such competition

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Well, just like Obama's plan, my idea is not perfect

But I'm sure you can do better than just asking someone if they are a data recovery and they say "yes" and that makes them qualified. Maybe I am missing something, but isn't the point of this IPDRA to separate DR companies that know what they're doing from those that don't? It is a good point to ask who will judge. I was throwing out some kind of beginning idea for an impartial measure. Forgive me for trying to further the discussion instead of ridicule it. I will try harder to ridicule the idea next time

PS: such competition won't matter because very experinced guys obviously work in companies which charge more money than guys from smaller companies
Both types of companies are necessary on the market

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Sorry ACForensics ... my 'ridicule' wasn't aimed at you, in fact what you propsed was a genuinely good idea, but Simon's company would also need to be tested.

In another thread on this theme, Simon said that he has the final say on members, so what is the point of this project?


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Yeah - The others were probably a bit too easy

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Samsung T166 series with damaged Rom and GEO, AZ and channel table K. O. Is sufficient?

Keyboard error. Press F1 to continue. I have recovered this in the past. Do I qualify?

1TB 7200.11 meets mr. 5 pound sledge. Please recover...

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I agree with Doomer's statement.

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