As far as I remember, Doug is an expert in this area. He has hosted a class on data recovery at one point. I may be wrong though, if my memory failed me. -Geno On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Greg Land <landjgregory@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have had limited success doing the infamous platter swap. > On Mar 5, 2015 4:36 PM, "Justin Smith" <justin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> One of our employees where I work has an old MacBook Pro. The hard >> drive is in its death throes; it no longer boots properly, and Disk Utility >> can't fix it. Wouldn't you know it, there are no backups, his email client >> was set up to use POP3, and he needs those emails in order to do his >> work. >> >> >> >> I'm not particularly knowledgeable when it comes to data recovery, so I'd >> rather take it to someone who does. Can any of you recommend anybody in the >> Oakland/Shadyside area? >> >> >> -- >> >> Justin Smith >> >> GNU/Linux System Administrator >> >> >> >> "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will >> not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius >> will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the >> world is full of educated derelicts." >> >> >> >> -Calvin Coolidge >> >