Physical failure of the hard disk, can you really recover? ~ The first part ~

So far I've written articles about hard disk drives, but this time it is not a logical error but a genuine "Physical disorderAbout the impact report that actually used a hard disk broke. An incredibly expensive estimate was issued with just 20 GB recovery.

Although searching for "hard disk recovery" etc. on the net, many supplier sites come out, first of all, I will enumerate the actual situation first. Below is a summary of testimonies about malicious dealers from several proven restorers and their stakeholders.

· Logical failures are restored by commercial software such as FINALDATA (final data)
· Physical failures are only done if you are a trader with no recovery technology
· Even if it can not be recovered due to physical trouble, we charge tens of thousands of yen with nominal fees such as inspection fee and underwriting fee
· If another restorer recovers, the trust will drop, so destroy it so that it can not be restored and return it to the client

I can not believe it at the least, but this is the reality of a malicious restoration firm that occupies the majority at this time. This time will be sent mainly from the beginning of March to the present time, research results over a considerable length of time, the restoration request and result report of actual GIGAZINE, the actual condition of the malicious dealer and the actual situation of recovery.
■ The hard disk is broken!


On Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 (Saturday) at 11 am, I notice that an abnormal sound can be heard from the notebook computer "Let's Note CF-W2" that I am using for work I supposed to have powered off this morning. When it opens in a hurry, the screen is pitch dark, and I have not heard of it, obviously abnormal sound. Forcibly turning off the power supply, turning on the power again after a while does not proceed from the BIOS screen, and there is no abnormal sound that I never heard again.

Since I heard the sound of hard disk crash several times before, I thought that "This is a physical obstacle, I can not do anything", I decided to give up, but there are several files that I have not backed up. Suddenly, what is the physical disaster recovery of hard disks? I thought, I decided to call the restorer of the reputation of "the technology is certain but insanely high" heard from before.

Data Recovery / Data Recovery / Data Recovery: On-Track if Data Recovery
http://www.ontrack-japan.com/

Apparently I should call the number called data restoration hotline, but I am not in a hurry, so I thought how long it would be contacted and I decided to use the mail form.

Quotation request: On-track of data recovery

So I filled out and sent it as below. Approximately, I sent it around 12:09. I did not remember the whole capacity so write it properly. Actually it was 40 GB.


The text is almost like this.

When I finished work at 7 AM and shut it down, I went to bed as soon as I woke up with an abnormal sound at 11 AM, and when I saw my laptop computer the hard disk seemed to be physically broken during the shutdown, The sound that rotates does not stop, it is a sound that I have not heard usually) occurred, so I turned off the power as it was. After about 1 minute elapsed, I tried turning on the power again, but as it was, it got the same abnormal sound as it was, but it became unable to start up, so it is turned off as it is.
I reviewed the on-track software before, and it was very popular from the readers at that time, so I decided to ask your company for the data restoration estimation this time. Thank you.

After 10 minutes, a phone call is made by haste! fast! However, it was not on-track that I was calling, but a vendor with a different name called ITFO. What is going on? When thinking and talking to the story, this agency called Itifo who is a business on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and outside business hours is doing affairs, and that on-track does the actual work.

According to the answering by telephone, since it is a physical malfunction, it is inspected whether or not it can be recovered for the time being, and the estimate price will vary depending on the capacity if possible. In that case, if the folder name etc. can be recognized, it can be estimated by specifying the name. In addition, since the destination of on-track is a factory in Saitama, a request for estimate comes back by FAX, so please fill in the request form and return it and send the hard disk. In that case we would like you to remove the hard disk from the laptop computer if possible and send it, but if it seems impossible, you can do it even if you send each laptop computer.

Also, it is said that even if you can check whether it can be restored you will be charged once. I heard that it is about 10 thousands of yen, so I decided to ask for a restoration.

Although it was likable that it was pretty kind correspondence, it can be said that removing the hard disk ... ....?

■ Far away to the request for restoration
First try to disassemble with reference to the following pages.

Decomposition of CF - W2 (Illustrated) - The Green Hills of Earth

It seems to be quite difficult, but succeeded in disassembling while struggling.







Just to be sure, I can not recognize whether or not I can recognize it by connecting it to the "IDE → USB 2.0" cable which makes the hard disk externally, but of course it does not recognize strange sounds as usual. The following is the actual movie. It's no use. This is not just starting separately but just being connected. But I hear a strange sound.



Fax has arrived during disassembly, it seems to fill in all of these and send it back by fax ...... The following is a scan of that fax.













After filling in and replying by FAX, pack it as follows and ship it from Yamato Transport from the neighborhood 7-Eleven at 17 o'clock.





When I checked it at the cashier, I will arrive at Iruma-shi, Saitama prefecture where there is an on-track lab, on Monday at the week, March 5th. I only pray to the sky.

■ At the end of destiny, but ... ...
16th March, 2007, evening. For some reason not on-track, phone from ITFOR. The data can be recovered 100%. Oh, wow! At the same time, a list of files that can be recovered by e-mail arrives as an attached file. Since it is all files in C drive and D drive, it is just a text file, it is really 11 MB. The following files have arrived. Apparently it seems that analysis was already over in the evening of the previous day. quick.



Contents look like this and the files that can be rescued are enumerated.



However, because the number of files is very large and the capacity is large, it costs a considerable price .... And this is the estimate you received. The second thing to watch out is the price you care about.







Only D drive of 23 GB breaks 1 million yen! If only the folder specified at the time of estimation is only 16 GB, still about 900,000 yen! It is soooo expensive! Gay! There is no way I can pay this! It is! I have heard that there are many cases where the estimate is high and giving up restoration in many cases, but what is it that it is high so far ...? How do you do?

· Next notice
Too expensive to estimate, to search for suppliers who can recover other physical obstacles. And few suppliers with discovering self-restorable laboratory. However, both of them say the same thing to different mouth ... ....
"If you want to restore reliably, you'd better ask on-track as it is"
What is the true meaning of that word? And what is the darkness of the hard disk restoration industry? Is it really not possible to restore without such a high price, or there is another cheap way? Next time, the shock facts turn out to be one after another "Physical failure of the hard disk, can you really recover? ~ The second part ~Please expect it.