Semi-OT: Data Recovery?

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Ethan Dicks wrote: Which chaps are you using in the Motherland? There was a guy (A single person outfit) in Palmerston North who fixed my bosses harddisk back in 2000. My boss always had it hanging out the side of his case, and one morning he trips coming into the office (If you imagine Ozzy Osbourne without the blue glasses and somehow with an impression that he understands the IT sector, that'd be my manager) and in righting himself on the desk, pushes the harddisk up against the case. Logic board kisses the PC case, whizz bang sparks, blue smoke and all the odours that make your stomach churn when you smell them. We ended up sending one of our Helpdesk dudes up there with it (A Boy Racer, specifically picked, who did 130kmh the entire way). The chap up there (Sorry, don't remember the name, but perhaps location will help) had a spare harddisk of the same type, and just swapped the controller boards to get the data off. I think we paid something under $300NZ, actually. But that was four years ago now (Man, that makes me feel old). You might try him too; JP