Mac Data Recovery?

[zeusbheld]

i recently had my Mac hard drive fail(120 GB 2.5" drive from a 3 1/2 year old Macbook Pro, and i am 100 percent certain it's hardware). in a Darwin-award-worthy act of stupidity, i accidentally erased my complete bootable backup last month. so basically all is lost.

has anyone tried a data recovery service on a Mac drive? any luck? how much did it cost? any recommendations? i need a hard-core data recovery service, the kind where they take the drive apart in a clean room.

if no one on here has any recommendations i'll probably call one of the places that Google introduced me to.

[msg362]

Not sure where you live, but here in Chiang Mai the local Apple dealer recommended a disc recovery business in BKK. Unfortunately I don't have that number. but i would think your local Apple agent might suggest someone. Also in CM in Pantip Plaza there is a shop that claims to recover from faulty discs.

I don't think it matters if it is a Mac or PC.

Apple in CM is 'Maczone' tel 053 224 0589

Good luck

[zeusbheld]

thanks. i'm in Bangkok and looking into some options. tried a guy who recovers data for some Thai magazine publishers but it appears all he did was try to run utilities like Disk Warrior and Stellar Phoenix. i already know the drive is borked and needs a surgeon. if/when i find one i'll post what happens...