From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 21 19:14:56 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9DD2106566C for ; Sat, 21 May 2011 19:14:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FBF48FC16 for ; Sat, 21 May 2011 19:14:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from park.js.berklix.net (pD9FBFE98.dip.t-dialin.net [217.251.254.152]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p4LJErVM025226; Sat, 21 May 2011 19:14:54 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by park.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p4LJElGb084598; Sat, 21 May 2011 21:14:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p4LJEdGg091107; Sat, 21 May 2011 21:14:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201105211914.p4LJEdGg091107@fire.js.berklix.net> To: Alejandro Imass From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Fri, 20 May 2011 11:08:21 EDT." Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 21:14:39 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Hardware Recovery Company X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 19:14:56 -0000 Hi, Reference: > From: Alejandro Imass > Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 11:08:21 -0400 > Message-id: Alejandro Imass wrote: > Hi folks, > > I recently sent a hard drive to be recovered and I think they just > ripped me off. I have the back-up drive and believe it or not it has > the same exact symptoms and won't mount. So I want to send both drives > to a REAL AND TRUSTED LAB for 2 things: > > 1) Forensics on the supposed head-replecement mumbo-jumbo/scam crap of > the other lab > 2) Recovery of the data of the back-up drive > > I guess this only happens once in a lifetime when both drives die, but > I can't risk the second drive to a non-certified lab. > > I really trust the people on this list so hopefully you can point me > to a real and non-bullshit lab that can really recover data. > > It would be nice to know if the lab can actually do #1 and certify my > concerns and willing to testify in court because I want to press legal > charges against the other lab if they in fact ripped me off and > jeopardized my data. But if they can't I still need to recover the > data! HELP! > > Thanks beforehand ! Announcing you'r thinking if suing the 1st rescuer, might make some people might be nervous in being 2nd rescuer. You could look at man fsdb Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text; Not quoted-printable, Not HTML, Not base 64. Reply below text sections not at top, to avoid breaking cumulative context.