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Old 01-01-2012, 10:45 PM
 
Location: knoxville, tn
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My hard drive crashed after I dropped it on the floor today (what a great way to start the new year!!). Would anyone recommend a good hard drive recovery store?

Thanks so much in advance!!
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Old 01-02-2012, 09:56 AM
 
Location: Knoxville
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I had some success once with Geeks For Less. 805-3051 Its been a few years, so I hope the number is still good.

On another note, I did have a hard drive fail that was not recoverable. When that happened, I looked into on-line data back up systems. I went with Carbonite, but there are others out there. So, no matter what happens to your computer, or even back up hard drives, the data is still "in the clouds". I know it doesn't help with this hard drive, but its something to look into for the future.
Good luck with the recovery.
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Old 01-02-2012, 02:59 PM
 
Location: The Conterminous United States
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I've had these folks fix a couple of computers for me, including retrieving documents and photos that I thought were hopelessly lost. I've also bought a couple of things from them.
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Old 01-06-2012, 06:25 AM
 
Location: Seymour TN
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I second ComputerWorks....I've bought 3 laptops from them and they've been very helpful and they guarantee for one year (been to the Merchants one).
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Old 01-10-2012, 09:21 AM
 
Location: knoxville, tn
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Thank you and I will check out Geeks For Less. Yes I really need to back up the hd more frequently and I truly appreciate your recommendation of online data back up systems. Will definitely try them out.



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I had some success once with Geeks For Less. 805-3051 Its been a few years, so I hope the number is still good.

On another note, I did have a hard drive fail that was not recoverable. When that happened, I looked into on-line data back up systems. I went with Carbonite, but there are others out there. So, no matter what happens to your computer, or even back up hard drives, the data is still "in the clouds". I know it doesn't help with this hard drive, but its something to look into for the future.
Good luck with the recovery.
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Old 01-10-2012, 09:23 AM
 
Location: knoxville, tn
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That's great to know. Thanks for recommending.

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I've had these folks fix a couple of computers for me, including retrieving documents and photos that I thought were hopelessly lost. I've also bought a couple of things from them.
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Old 01-10-2012, 09:24 AM
 
Location: knoxville, tn
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Thanks for your recommendation. I will check it out.

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I second ComputerWorks....I've bought 3 laptops from them and they've been very helpful and they guarantee for one year (been to the Merchants one).
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