[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Data recovery

  • From: Greg Land <landjgregory@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 17:10:50 -0500

Rescuedd is a good friend on failing drives.  Sometimes a freezer and a
copy of rescue dd gets you pretty far.
On Mar 5, 2015 5:07 PM, "Jake S" <jskiba99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm not sure if there's anything local or not. If you need to send it out
> for service I'd recommend http://www.myharddrivedied.com/    That guy has
> given some cool talks online in the past and I think he was a SANS
> instructor at one point, and was also recommended by a current SANS
> forensics instructor.
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> From: justin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [hackpgh-discuss] Data recovery
> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 16:36:15 -0500
>
> 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.
>
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> 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
>

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