It isn't software, but we have had good luck with DriveSavers (drivesavers.com). They are
fast and very professional -- and they have celebrity endorsements!
John
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John P. Callahan <jcallaha@private>
Director, Network Services
Willamette University
900 State St, Salem OR, 97301
Phone: 503-375-5495 Fax: 503-375-5456
System Administrators wrote:
> Anyone know of any good software to recover data off a drive.
> Our main accounting server (all company info) died, the man responsible for backing it up
> said he was, but latest backup is 6mo. ago...
>
> Need help here Smart Guys.
> Please reply to steven@private
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve Nichols
> 1-800-909-9078
> 503-424-5000 (pdx)
> 503-565-5000 (McM)
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:09:41PM -0700, Kuo, Jimmy wrote:
> > >>The circumstance where Open Source is good at providing "patches"
> > >>quicker than the proprietary arena involves the "emergency" scenarios.
> > >>And though this is true even for security products, what the
> > >>"companies" are good at are the regular, mundane updates. That's the
> > >>service aspect that you can't buy with Open Source, and that's what's
> > >>more true in our ("Security") area of expertise.
> >
> > >It's not free, but you can buy service for open source products. Many
> > >companies will sell you service for mundane tasks for open source
> > >systems. The above is just false.
> >
> > You're right. What I was referring to is the concept that Open Source
> > is cheaper because it's Open Source. And you're making the point I
> > intended. That being, service is a separate issue that you would still
> > need to pay for.
> >
> > Jimmy
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