Thanks Amro, not my best day!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Amro Bilal To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:09 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Data Recovery from damaged hard drive I've just searched for "data recovery dead hard drive" and few pages came up which talk about recovering data if the mechanics of the drive are still functioning. Check them out they may be of some help. Good luck. Amro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 2:17 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Data Recovery from damaged hard drive Search Google for Data recovery There are company who claim do recovery, no fee. Probably best to start counting your losses. George. From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jeff flint Sent: 10 January 2012 14:13 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Data Recovery from damaged hard drive I damage an external hard drive whilst it was actually transferring data, it fell on the floor. I am getting quotes' of hundreds of pounds from data recovery companies. I can't even bring the hard drive up up on the computer it is so dead. Any thoughts guys, can today get worse? Jeff