My external hard drive failed and I lost about 5 years of pictures.

After looking at several companies, I decided to go with the least expensive, ECO Data Recovery and after 2 weeks they called today to tell me they were unable to recovery my data. They’ll be charging me $175 for the effort.

So I called Drive Savers, the most expensive and I’ll be trying them next.

As they explained the first time I talked to them, the first recovery attempt is always the best. So my chances of a recovery are slim, but I have to give it a try.

Obviously I would NOT recommend ECO Data Recovery. Drive Savers is about 3x as expensive. I hope they prove to me why. If so, I’ll be singing their praises for years to come.

  • Caleb
    Did you ever get your data recovered?
  • Pete
    Do you have any luck with Drive Savers?
  • landonswan
    Nope...they failed as well. Although I'll admit that they (and all companies) told me that the 1st try was the most important and any 2nd try would have about 1/2 the chance. I def wish I had tried D.S. first, but who knows if the outcome would be different. Losing 4 years of pictures is depressing.
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