Die Steve Jobs. You too Michael Dell. I am serious...

**Gregoshi** · 01-18-2008, 21:07

edyz's post summarized:

I P.O.-D

**Vladimir** · 01-18-2008, 22:00

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

edyz's post summarized:

I want to be a part of whatever mailing list you're on!

**edyzmedieval** · 01-18-2008, 22:46

Well, not everything is lost. I sent the disk to the service so they can save my data, hopefully. What are the chances of saving my data?

Gregoshi, i needed that pun. Especially when writing from a digital iPod keyboard!!

**Lemur** · 01-18-2008, 22:54

If you're willing to pay the price -- and it can be high -- HDD recovery is very good. Expect to have all of your files back.

**Husar** · 01-18-2008, 23:40

An advice for the future: backups

Some modding communities are quite big on that but if you don't have tons of big files, maybe just back them up to some USB stick or so just in case, otherwise you can use DVDs for example.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 01-19-2008, 06:10

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

Well, not everything is lost. I sent the disk to the service so they can save my data, hopefully. What are the chances of saving my data?

Gregoshi, i needed that pun. Especially when writing from a digital iPod keyboard!!

HDD recovery is very expensive for mechanical failures.

**edyzmedieval** · 01-19-2008, 16:33

@Husar

Yeah, I took a step toward that by buying an external hard drive and an 8GB memory stick to store my small stuff like my book and my Flight Simulator logbook.

@Lemur and Evil Maniac

I'm really desperate. Never in my 10 year computer life I experienced mechanical failure of a component, never ever. Not even a problem with the power or something. NOTHING. So I think I will pay, because I want my data. It's not about like you can do it again and stuff. I can, but the massive amount spent on that book (yeah, I do believe I can do something with it) and more than 2 days spent on perfecting my Flight Simulator skills because I want to take my PPL...Even those things matter to me.

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 01-19-2008, 16:43

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

@Lemur and Evil Maniac

I'm really desperate. Never in my 10 year computer life I experienced mechanical failure of a component, never ever. Not even a problem with the power or something. NOTHING. So I think I will pay, because I want my data. It's not about like you can do it again and stuff. I can, but the massive amount spent on that book (yeah, I do believe I can do something with it) and more than 2 days spent on perfecting my Flight Simulator skills because I want to take my PPL...Even those things matter to me.

My quoted bill was about seven hundred Euro, AND I tried to bargain down. It got me to about five hundred, and that was if I put my HD on last priority and chose the slowest shipping. Just thought you might want to know.

I can understand the book recovery, and if you've had the data on the HD for a long time. Mine was relatively new (a month or so, I just got one from a bad batch), so I could recreate most data within the next few weeks. It's obviously very different for you, and I hope you can get the money.

Remember, even if you pay, they won't always be able to recover everything. Usually they'll do the recovery, and if they don't get what you want, you don't pay. But some companies may work differently, so always read their policies.

**edyzmedieval** · 01-19-2008, 19:17

Oh my god...Seven hundred euros for data recovery!!! Yours was quite early, mine neared 5 months of work and creation. Plus, I have lots and lots of photos from home and other stuff related to home which are quite necessary when you are 2000kms away.