How's the hdd restore progress going fellas?

**AussieM8** · 22-01-08, 12:14 AM

Hi guys

Just wondering how the progress is going in getting the board restored prior to the hardware failure

.

I don't need anything in particular, but just interested to hear how things are going.

Cheers
AussieM8

admin · 22-01-08, 08:03 AM

our hard drives are in transit from the Netherlands to Australia at the moment.
once they arrive I will be hand delivering them to the data recovery facility and they should be able to give us an answer as to where we stand fairly quickly.

the cost is the concern as I am hoping it is a reasonably staright forward recovery otherwise we are in a bit of trouble. but I will advise members once we have further information

**RHCP** · 22-01-08, 05:37 PM

Thanks for the information Admin and all the work.

I remember a while back we were told the database size was around 25gb?
Just out of curiosity, what was the HDD & backup setup? Some sort of Raid with redundancy/fault tolerance? I see you said the disc/hard backup was corrupted - how unlucky can you get...

Cheers, RHCP.

**AussieM8** · 22-01-08, 07:16 PM

Surely with the number of members we have here, there must be a few in the data recovery area who could do it for "mates rates" or for free

with the privilege of being austech's first 'life member'???

**nerd1** · 22-01-08, 07:33 PM

i've used data recovery services in sydney a few times and I think the price has always been about $1200 mark but I think there are a few new players that seems to be competative. unfortunately you cannot send it to one to get a quote and send it to another. no one would touch it once its been opened by someone else.

**AussieM8** · 22-01-08, 07:45 PM

What about a contra deal with some board advertising for the data recovery company?

I would think that if someone was able to recover the data in return for banner ads, they would have access to thousands of clients who are (or should be) tech-savvy users.

I'm sure this is something admin has probably looked into - I see it as a win-win situation (mind you, I'm not in business myself, so there are probably other issues to consider

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Micksxboxmods · 22-01-08, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by admin

our hard drives are in transit from the Netherlands to Australia at the moment.
once they arrive I will be hand delivering them to the data recovery facility and they should be able to give us an answer as to where we stand fairly quickly.

the cost is the concern as I am hoping it is a reasonably staright forward recovery otherwise we are in a bit of trouble. but I will advise members once we have further information

Paul,
I'm sure if you need extra funds to restore the site to its former glory then members would/ should be willing to donate.

I will! Even if we run a competition for donated prizes???

Mick

**fandtm666** · 22-01-08, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by *************

Paul,
I'm sure if you need extra funds to restore the site to its former glory then members would/ should be willing to donate.

I will! Even if we run a competition for donated prizes???

Mick

thats what i have said mick raffle of a 7020 or alike at $5 a ticket or people can donate some items for sale and proceeds go to the fund, as i have some mame gear i was looking at offloading

**viewer** · 22-01-08, 08:52 PM

Raffle....great idea

**SystemRat** · 22-01-08, 09:38 PM

Out of curiosity what was the host system, type of drives and type of raid controller involved in this sorry tail. I just hope the support staff in the Netherlands did not make things worse trying to repair the array.

I’ve seen a number of problems with early Perc 3 controllers where they fail to report a failed drive removing the opportunity to swap out a failed drive before a second fails and leaves you in the poo and looking for tapes.

**best4less** · 22-01-08, 10:50 PM

I am in for a raffle sounds like a great idea guys

**nerd1** · 23-01-08, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AussieM8

they would have access to thousands of clients who are (or should be) tech-savvy users.

I find that its usually the corp oriented or non-technical peopel that will opt for paying to have things recovered. I dont think they'd be interested.

a fundraser of some kind's a good idea

Micksxboxmods · 23-01-08, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nerd1

I find that its usually the corp oriented or non-technical peopel that will opt for paying to have things recovered. I dont think they'd be interested.

a fundraser of some kind's a good idea

What do you mean mate, I consider myself pretty technical???
not sure what you are trying to say.

**AussieM8** · 23-01-08, 08:52 PM

I think he means that "corporate" people have the CASH to pay for it and technical people (like us!) will have a crack at it ourselves with the view that the data could potentially never be recovered

My HDD crashed a year or so ago and I looked into it and it was going to costs $990 to recover. I would have liked to get everything back, but it wasn't worth a grand to do it.

**nerd1** · 23-01-08, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by *************

What do you mean mate, I consider myself pretty technical???
not sure what you are trying to say.

aussie8 hit it on thte nail

mick, would you spend $1000 + to recover the data off the hard disk drive from your current computer if the hard disk drive died?

most tech saavy people will know where to obtain the files lost. the only thing that they wouldnt be able to recover would be personal photos and videos...

Micksxboxmods · 23-01-08, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nerd1

aussie8 hit it on thte nail

mick, would you spend $1000 + to recover the data off the hard disk drive from your current computer if the hard disk drive died?

most tech saavy people will know where to obtain the files lost. the only thing that they wouldnt be able to recover would be personal photos and videos...

it really depends whats on it mate, if it was of high importance or sentiment, perhaps, otherwise no. My current main pc has loads of info that I use daily so I'd definately look around at prices to recover it. Being business related it would be classed as a tax input credit.

I've used recovery services previously for customers HDD's.

admin · 24-01-08, 07:23 AM

See the thread in general chat about this. I am sending the drives to andrew who is taking them to a melbourne based data recovery centre who will be having a preliminary look at them to see what the problem is and they will go from there.

i will close this thread and we will try and keep it in the other thread

Thanks
Paul

22-01-08, 12:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
AussieM8 Is the pub open yet? iTrader: (4) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 262 Spent time on board: 3 Days and 8:59:40	How's the hdd restore progress going fellas? Hi guys Just wondering how the progress is going in getting the board restored prior to the hardware failure . I don't need anything in particular, but just interested to hear how things are going. Cheers AussieM8

22-01-08, 05:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
RHCP Depressingly Boring iTrader: (3) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Molesting a Cow Posts: 276 Spent time on board: 4 Weeks, 1 Day and 14:22:37	Thanks for the information Admin and all the work. I remember a while back we were told the database size was around 25gb? Just out of curiosity, what was the HDD & backup setup? Some sort of Raid with redundancy/fault tolerance? I see you said the disc/hard backup was corrupted - how unlucky can you get... Cheers, RHCP. __________________ Democracy: Three wolves and a sheep voting on what's for lunch.

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best4less I'am Not a Bloody Joke iTrader: (10) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,948 Spent time on board: 2 Months, 2 Weeks, 3 Days and 11:09:46	I am in for a raffle sounds like a great idea guys __________________ Please wipe your feet before walking all over me

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22-01-08, 08:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
admin Administrator iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 504	our hard drives are in transit from the Netherlands to Australia at the moment. once they arrive I will be hand delivering them to the data recovery facility and they should be able to give us an answer as to where we stand fairly quickly. the cost is the concern as I am hoping it is a reasonably staright forward recovery otherwise we are in a bit of trouble. but I will advise members once we have further information

22-01-08, 07:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
AussieM8 Is the pub open yet? iTrader: (4) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 262 Spent time on board: 3 Days and 8:59:40	Surely with the number of members we have here, there must be a few in the data recovery area who could do it for "mates rates" or for free with the privilege of being austech's first 'life member'???

22-01-08, 07:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
nerd1 galleries.wickedweasel.co iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 125 Spent time on board: 1 Day and 19:32:44	i've used data recovery services in sydney a few times and I think the price has always been about $1200 mark but I think there are a few new players that seems to be competative. unfortunately you cannot send it to one to get a quote and send it to another. no one would touch it once its been opened by someone else.

22-01-08, 07:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
AussieM8 Is the pub open yet? iTrader: (4) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 262 Spent time on board: 3 Days and 8:59:40	What about a contra deal with some board advertising for the data recovery company? I would think that if someone was able to recover the data in return for banner ads, they would have access to thousands of clients who are (or should be) tech-savvy users. I'm sure this is something admin has probably looked into - I see it as a win-win situation (mind you, I'm not in business myself, so there are probably other issues to consider )

22-01-08, 08:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
viewer Premium Member iTrader: (2) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bananaville Northern NSW Posts: 525 Spent time on board: 1 Week, 6 Days and 20:39:01	Raffle....great idea

22-01-08, 09:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
SystemRat I am NOT the Messiah! iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 550 Spent time on board: 1 Week, 1 Day and 21:51:34	Out of curiosity what was the host system, type of drives and type of raid controller involved in this sorry tail. I just hope the support staff in the Netherlands did not make things worse trying to repair the array. I’ve seen a number of problems with early Perc 3 controllers where they fail to report a failed drive removing the opportunity to swap out a failed drive before a second fails and leaves you in the poo and looking for tapes.

23-01-08, 08:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
AussieM8 Is the pub open yet? iTrader: (4) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 262 Spent time on board: 3 Days and 8:59:40	I think he means that "corporate" people have the CASH to pay for it and technical people (like us!) will have a crack at it ourselves with the view that the data could potentially never be recovered My HDD crashed a year or so ago and I looked into it and it was going to costs $990 to recover. I would have liked to get everything back, but it wasn't worth a grand to do it.

24-01-08, 07:23 AM	#17 (permalink)
admin Administrator iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 504	See the thread in general chat about this. I am sending the drives to andrew who is taking them to a melbourne based data recovery centre who will be having a preliminary look at them to see what the problem is and they will go from there. i will close this thread and we will try and keep it in the other thread Thanks Paul

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