Hard drive recovery tips for disaster-damaged storage

November 04, 2012

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, it's no surprise that some people are scrambling to recover data from damaged hard drives. Chris Bross, Senior Enterprise Recovery Engineer at DriveSavers, said his company has been busy with an uptick in business, working to reclaim the data on everything from home users' single-disk drives to business-level servers. Some of the hard drives have been damaged by water, he said, but even more have been fried by power surges related to the storm. The good news, he said, is that the majority of damaged hard drives can be recovered—albeit for a hefty price. DriveSavers charges an average of $1,000 to $1,500 to save the data from a single, consumer-grade drive, though the company is offering $500 off for severe weather victims. DTI Data, another drive recovery service, also charges $1,000 for consumer drives if the company has to physically open it, said John Best, DTI's director of information technology. If the company can save the drive without cracking it open, the price drops to about $500. For New Yorkers, DTI has a local recovery center that accepts drop-offs. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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