Hard Drive Recovery?
Hey group, ToddCheese here. Gather ye 'round and listen to my tale of woe:
I have a couple of old external hard drives that are filled with lots of files I'm sure people here on OCC would appreciate, even some things I don't believe I've ever seen posted here. I've posted a few things and had been meaning to do more, I swear.
Well, my old computer up and died on me, so I finally got myself a new one, but the old drives used USB 1.1 and the manufacturer no longer supports them. I bought a USB 2.0 external enclosure, pulled the drives out of the old and put them in the new... and now I can't get them to work at all. The drives both make a sound like they're trying to spin up, but the operating system doesn't recognize them.
So my question to everyone is, has anyone else had a hard drive successfully recovered? If so, what company did you go with? And how much did it cost? As money is kind of an issue, and all of the ones I've been able to find seem very expensive ($800 - $3,000 per drive depending on what the exact problem is).
Thanks in advance.
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