HeadCrash wrote:
Will this forum jeopardise our bread and butter?
I am doing a data recovery myself, but i'm concern this forum will eventually either destroy or jeopardise our data recovery business.
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I'd doubt that this forum will have any real impact on our business - to be fair, non-professioanl people posting questions on this site are either:
1: interested in learning our skills and techniques
(how exactly are you going to find your next new staff with skills??) 2: going to realise very quickly that data recovery is generally beyond the average person, and seek professional assistance
3: has no money for our services anyway - isn't it better that they waste time posting silly Q's here than asking you by phone??
4:
a complete idiot who should never be left alone with electronic equipment and a screwdriver
(see point # 3)---------------------------------!
I believe that it would be good to have a private area of the forum for DR professionals only -
open only to verified DR professionals. this way we can share information without having to sift through endless "end-user" questions
An Example (posted just yesterday)
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Hi all. I've got a Maxtor HDD that's maybe a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 45 drive, but can't be sure, because the sticker's off. What I know is the drive's capacity - 20GB and the PCB reads NEBULA 301334101.
The problem:
Suddenly the drive stopped working and would not spin up at all.
Could this be solved by replacing the PCB?"This person obviously has no DR skills, - and is hoping for a quick, cheap fix. I dont have a problem with people trying to save a $ or two. - this person should really be looking for (or prompted to find) a nearby DR professional to assist with this one (assuming they are actually wanting to recover data - and not just 'fix' a broken old drive )
Maybe there should be a 'marketplace' section to this forum where people can find the nearest DR firm!!
= my $0.02 worth
