[Info-vax] ODS-5 data/file recovery

[David Froble]

MG wrote:
> On 17-feb-2013 20:38, David Froble wrote:
>> Now, if you were pointed to somebody that would want say, $25,000 up
>> front, with no guarantee of success, you'd probably ask why someone
>> even bothered to mention them.  Huh ???
> 
> Is that sum based on anything, or did you just make it up?  I mean,
> I am just curious what (actual) prices range from.
> 
> 
>> Maybe we sometimes make some reasonable assumptions.
> 
> Maybe I'm secretly a millionaire, would you know?  Never assume,
> especially not over the internet.
> 
> 
>> Hey, the advice is worth what you paid for it.  Don't get so defensive.
> 
> I'm trying to get an answer, that is all.  I've never had the
> (dis)pleasure of having to rely on a data recovery of some
> sort and hearing about actual services and cost figures, instead
> of the supposed possibility and availability, interests me more.
> 
>  - MG
> 

Every now and then I accept a challenge.  So I searched for "data 
recovery" expecting to see big numbers, and instead found advertised 
prices in 3 digits, not 4 or 5 as I expected.

Some of them specified windows, and almost all were offering recovery 
from a failed drive.  I didn't fine any that mentioned recovery of 
"deleted files".  I did find a few that mentioned VMS.

 From a security perspective, I've read about being able to read from 
the edges of tracks and read prior data that was written over by new 
data.  Didn't see any mention of this, and that type of thing just might 
still have high costs, if it's even available outside agencies such as 
CIA, FBI, KGB, etc.

I'm guessing what's normally available is taking the disk out of a drive 
with failed motor or electronics, mounting it on a spindle, and reading 
the still intact data.

In your case, you have several needs that don't seem to be widely 
available in a weendoze world.  ODS-5 expertise.  Data still being on 
the disk.

If interested, do your own search for "data recovery".  Might be 
interesting.