4 years ago
I had dropped an external hard drive and could no ...
I had dropped an external hard drive and could no longer access files. This was my personal mass back-up drive that it had some files were not stored elsewhere. I brought it to Memofix to be assessed.
Data recovery is an expensive service, especially when you have to pay it out of your own pocket vs. a corporate expense account. My goal was to proceed if I could be assured that I could recover the bulk of the files that were stored, increasing the chances that I would recover some of the files that were not backed-up elsewhere.
I met with Bob, the customer service representative, who was personable, helpful and is a good communicator. I had committed to paying the expense, if it was possible to meet my data recovery goals.
Memofix determined that the drive heads were damaged and the drive surfaces were so scarred that they were not confident that there would be enough data recovered to make it worth my while to proceed. In the testing process, they had replaced drive heads in the lab to see if they could read anything and they were quickly damaged by the scarred surfaces.
After a discussion with Bob, I decided not to proceed as the costs would outweigh the benefits in this case. Bob was great to deal with and maintained good lines of communication throughout the process.
Bottom line, I found Memofix to be a very honourable company to deal with. They weren't just interested in taking my money. They were truly focused on trying to provide me with a solution that I would be comfortable with. It was disappointing in the end, but that had to deal with how damaged the drive was. I would recommend Memofix based on my experience.