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Date:      Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:17:23 -0500
From:      Joe Nall <joe@nall.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Data recovery recommendations
Message-ID:  <37F2C833.9FC8982E@nall.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909291633130.71237-100000@staff.calweb.com> <19990929205315.C5345@bilver.magicnet.net>

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Bill Vermillion wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 04:35:24PM -0700, Ian R. Justman spewed forth:
> >
> > Hi, all.
> 
> > Just curious, does anyone have any recommendations for
> > FreeBSD-friendly data recovery services? We had a Seagate ST32107W
> > go bad, taking several important data files with it, mainly MySQL
> > databases.
> 
> > My colleague is having all kinds of trouble locating someone thus far.
> > All the ones he's contacted do nothing but Windows and Mac data
> > recovery...  :P
> 
> I hope I have the name right, but try Ontrack.  They don't care
> what the OS was.  They also are certified by Seagate and Quantum
> (and others who'm I don't remember) to open the drives and not
> void the manufacturers warranty.

I used them to try and recover a couple of weeks of coding inspiration I
had failed to backup off of a crashed 9Gb Cheetah last year and had no
luck for my $. It was about $300 for an evaluation if I remember
correctly.  No slam on the company - just no luck.

Joe


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