I think, soon, someone is going to get annoyed with members who persist with
continuous repetition of same advice for all questions.

I can't tell anyone what to write but I think, soon, a reaction could backfire on this
never ending advice to every question. Somebody is going to get pizzed off, soon.

There is always a smart digger who will find or obtain commands and just publish it,
even here. I mean, it's not that difficult to get most commands needed for DR.

Who knows, maybe someone who retires from the game, or exits because an aunt
left a fortune. A loose cannon, one can never tell. zhit happens.

I mean who is going to spend $10 000.00 to change a serial number?
Giving this kind of advice is not so smart. jmho.

Well, in most cases that people are asking about I'd say you need a) the tools which are expensive b) a pro or c) such advanced knowledge that you probably wouldn't be here asking the question.

Of course even if you have a), you are still going to need some degree of c).

Ultimately most of DR and HD modification is beyond the capabilities of someone who is not long-term dedicated to it, and that's what these guys are trying to get across. If you're just a standard user, or even a computer-savvy-but-haven't-done-DR-before type, you really just need to hire a professional to get the job done.

Could I give myself surgery? Yeah, maybe, but what responsible doctor is going to help me do it?

_________________
You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

Who, the poster or the expert ? If it is the poster, no problem. As you can see the answers are the same. If you ask me a general Q it will likely have a general answer in public, if a little more specific it will run in PM, if it is sensible (= involving proprietary know how or busine$$) NO I WON'T SHARE. Exception : if you are on my network and we share for example know how or materials or data on regular basis. In a nutshell, if you join the club.

And in many cases would get in trouble or get fired if they did.

_________________
You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

Actually 70% of all questions here could be divided to 2 groups:

1) Hi guys. My drive is gone. I have no experience in data recovery. I have no necessary hardware/software. Seems to be drive is knocking. I'm familiar with technique because I'm smith (or mechanician, car driver, surgeon, electrician) I checked HDA, it looks fine. How can I recover my drive?

The answer is: GO TO PRO (or do DIY because you're genius )

2) Hi guys. The WD drive is gone. I'm data recovery expert. I have PC3K. Seems to be drive is knocking. I checked HDA, it looks fine (of course in the cleanroom ). How can I recover this drive?

The answer is: RTFM.

_________________
This user was found to be affiliated with Ace Lab/PC-3000. See this topic for details.

3) I'm learning DR. Can you please supply me some vendor commands for Hitachi drives ?

The answer is: CALL TO HITACHI.

Or PM me, I could sell it to you.

_________________
This user was found to be affiliated with Ace Lab/PC-3000. See this topic for details.

I would set up additional fee

_________________
SAN, NAS, RAID, Server, and HDD Data Recovery.

It would be 'broadcast fee' ?

Mmmmm,

OK, the private club, pay for commands. Here's the test.

AA 5E xx xx xx xx 8A is the techno on command for : (Bad syntax, I know)

Send me a pm with the make of drive.

Send me a pm with the one entry which is incorrect. Two are right.

If you know something, enough to advise newbies to go to a pro,
then you will know the above. If you don't know the answers to the
above then possibly you just a charlatan.

All will be revealed.

But still this is a place for everybody, for newbies and pros. We all used to be newbies, and all used to ask similar questions. But I agree it's annoying when one and the same topics appear. Each newbie should read at first what was already written, only then start asking.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEH !!! You are asking people to turn on the brain, use intelligence, enter a sentence in the SEARCH window and then click "search" ... too much !

Browse forums!? That is too much work! I have to use my precious energy using the keyboard and mouse!