Trying to rescue a hard disk -- weired feedback??

[Brian Chadwick]

max wrote:
> Brian Chadwick wrote:
>> max wrote:
>>> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>>> On 16/01/2008, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>> Ah, if you have a drive that goes "knock knock knock knock" when 
>>>>> powered
>>>>> up, what the heck is that? I'd like one last chance to get the 
>>>>> stuff off
>>>>> of it, Ric
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>> The data recovery labs would argue that it exactly the sound of
>>>> opportunity knocking.
>>>>
>>>> Dotan Cohen
>>>>
>>>> http://what-is-what.com
>>>> http://gibberish.co.il
>>>> א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת
>>>>
>>>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>>>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>>>>
>>>>   
>>> What's the going rate for data recovery?
>>>
>>> -Max
>>>
>> about $1000, but it varies
>>
> $1000 per drive? how much data? varies depending on what?
>
> -Max
>
my experience is its usually around 1000, but could anything from 400 
upwards ... it depends on what exactly is the drives failure mode .,... 
basically be prepared for $1000 .. regardless of data quantity.