$500 to $1,500 for a 2 TB hard drive...
Data recovery
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Yup.
Why is it so expensive? Proprietary tools and equipment? Significant 'secret sauce' know how?
Knowledge.
And people will pay a lot to get their data, memories, personal info etc back.
And skill sets, and tools, and facilities, should they need to get inside the drive.
You charge by the value you provide not the effort or cost required to do it.
I may, but do others?
I think most people expect things to be priced based on cost, which is a horrible way to do business.
No one is going to sell their home based on what they bought it for plus a modest increase if the market value is much higher. But they expect to purchase things based on the cost of the supplier.
i always hear this in regards to pharmaceutical drugs.
Well pharma companies price on value then say it is because of cost. The big question bus whether ones life should be monetized.
my point is more that people often argue "it only costs X to produce" and neglect to factor in the cost of development and requisite testing to prove its safe and effective.
on your last point, i have that same critique of *all medical practice & insurance*
Were they?
They have received the drive, determined that a head crash occurred, and are working on recovery.
I had this done about 5 years ago, ended up costing around $600 I think. I then setup a 4 bay NAS in raid 5 (to tolerate one drive failure) and also periodically sync my most important files to another drive in my desktop computer.
After I sent my drive out, a friend shared this place:
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After I sent my drive out, a friend shared this place:
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i honestly don't care that much about *anything* i'd keep on my computer. photos included. i'm depressingly un-sentimental.
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