SSD Data recovery quoted at $890

[mbfrancis]

Well I thought I'd backed up everything critical but as I've been reviving old sessions I realize I'm missing a decade of old refills, loops, samples, and Reason sessions that was left on my old laptop, which my wife and kid have been using. Looks like someone spilled something into it. FML as the kids used to say.

I took my pc to a reputable service place and was quoted $890 for data recovery. Is this normal? At that rate I'll probably suck it up and take the loss. Ugh.

Back up everything people, not just the vital stuff. You never know when your session will include some random Prophet 5 waveforms you downloaded 10 years ago.

[joeyluck]

Damn. Were they including labor to take it apart? Have you looked into recovery software?

[crimsonwarlock]

[Heater]

$890 seems reasonable if they are a good place. How important is that data to you?

[RobC]

I once lost 10 years of work, but honestly it felt like 'good riddance'. x D Dunno, I just move forward.

[jam-s]

If the SSD is really toast (aka controller does not work any more and they have to directly read out the flash) that price is OK. If it just got a little wet/sticky you could clean it, dry it and try to read it out yourself.

[joeyluck]

I would think it would be worth at least exploring what you would need and the cost of trying to recover it yourself.

That said, if it can be recovered today, can it be recovered down the road? Might recovery costs go down as the tech improves? Or might the cost go up later as the current storage becomes outdated?

[BRIGGS]

I'd take the SSD apart, let it dry out, first.

[mbfrancis]

OK update -- the computer is a loss but U found an older drive where I *had* backed up everything (at the time), so between the two drives I think I'm good. Phew.

Now my biggest problem is data transfer speed ...

Thanks everyone!