Disk Doctor Labs

This is a very convenient location for us Cambridge folk with data disasters. When you go into the lobby, go to the elevator in the back left corner and up to the 4^th floor. It’s labeled as a different company, but it’s the right place.
I brought my failed external hard drive here, filled out a form, they emailed me a quote (for free) a couple days later for $ 1,250 for successful recovery in 7 – 10 business days (would have been another $ 100 for replacement media, but I dropped off my replacement external hard drive on a second trip). Makes sense that it was such a pricey quote because my hard drive is apparently a tough job. They were not successful (too old, they couldn’t find some part they needed), but I was charged nothing. They Fed-Ex’d the two hard drives back to me (for free) hours after they informed me of the failure. And, when asked, they recommended OnTrack Data recovery as my next stop:
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So, these guys seem legit and worth a shot, with the bonus of paying nothing if it fails. But, if you know you’ve got a tough job, maybe go with OnTrack, only downside for them so far is paying $ 65 for the quote. (I’ll edit this post if it goes horribly wrong!)