Hard Drive Recovery?

[2cool4u]

Is it possible to recover data from a hard drive once it has been run over with a magnetic device? Please get back to me asap Please! You can reply to my hotmail account which is shaty43@hotmail.com.


Thanks,

2cool4u

 

[Snickle]

It would depend on how strong the magnetic device is and how good the case of the drive shields the platters.

Was the magnetic device a demagnitizer or degausser whose use is intended to erase a drive? Then no, you probably can't rescue the data.

But there are companies that may be able to do it, Ontrack comes to mind. It is a little pricey, $150 for one of my clients.

 

[jmatt]

http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/amd/887/rescue/e_index.html

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