I have a internal and external HDD that have failed -at separate times- They have a lot of family videos and photos as well as a good deal of my portfolio work, I work in animation and video effects. so there is a lot of stuff I cannot replace on these drives.

The drives are making various clicking noises and cannot be accessed I have determined that they are most likely a mechanical issue what price range am I looking at to get these repaired? By this I mean the clean room repair -i can only asume I will pay through the rear- but what price range am I looking at? Also I have a decent deal of sensitive info on the drives and was wondering what the privacy looks like with the recovery of the files. ie do they keep copies view files or what, for those of you knowlegeable to the process.

how much does it cost for external hard drive data recovery, how much does it cost to fix a external hard drive, how much is hard drive recovery, how much would it cost to fix an external hdd ?

Last night my second hard drive crashed and All the information was deleted (i know not really deleted) but the indexing was erased... I found the files using some buy now software that lets you look before you buy, and it;s there, but i don't want to pay 100.00 for it, has anyone found some freeware/shareware that will do it, or if i have to i can buy some, but the cheaper ther better.
Let me say this again, i found plenty of software to buy $$$$$$$$$, I am not looking for that.. I'm looking for a NO COST OPTION.

Thanx for all your input...
Let me say this again, i found plenty of software to buy $$$$$$$$$, I am not looking for that.. I'm looking for a NO COST OPTION.

Thanx for all your input...

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