On 2 Sep 2005 01:40:19 -0400, Captin
<DoNotEmail@HardwareForumz.com> wrote:


> You said what I was thinking about data recovery issues. It’s no
>time to play around if a persons not capable basicly.The beauty of
>forums is no matter how weird the challenge, theres usually someone
>that can say
>"I’ve been there and done that and this is how I did it"

That would be oversimplified, not the ideal it seems on the
surface because "usually" when there is a data recovery
need, all that can be determined beforehand is that the data
isn't accessible in the normal way it used to be, but WHY it
isn't, can vary, and so can the necessary steps to regain
that access.

Different problems can have the same result, and using a
tool to combat the result instead of the problem isn't
always effective. If someone wrote that they deleted a file
or was infected by a certain virus, it might be clearer what
needs to be done. If they wrote that the drive simply
doesn't work right and they need the data, the time and
tools to do it will be a fair expense regardless of whether
that data is recoverable or not. Most often in this groups
we get posts about drives failing, not some user mistake,
and there is no data recovery software alone that makes a
damaged drive whole again.