Subacart wrote:
Another update on this. I picked up the drive and got a second opinion from another data recovery firm here in Memphis. They said the drive spins and they can fix it, but quoted me $500 to repair. They said the ROM could be restored from the SA on the platters just like you guys said.
Is that a fair price for that kind of work? Seems extremely expensive for what essentially is a relatively simple procedure.
$500 sounds pretty typical. I charge $450 for cases like this here. While it may turn out to be a "simple" procedure, there's too many unknowns. I always price assuming on the potential to have bad sectors, the need to purchase another PCB, possibility of heads failing while extracting data, etc. Just to rebuild the ROM might be simple, but many things can (and often do) go wrong during the process resulting in extra work/cost.
If you just wanted the ROM rebuilt it could be cheaper, but I always quote for a complete recovery and I assume the guy who quoted you did too.
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