Data recovery service recommendation?

[RT Wolf]

Hi there!

Our lacie drive has started giving a burning smell when turned on. I took it out of the enclosure and connected it using another one and it still smoked...so I'm pretty sure it's toast.

Looking for a good data recovery service and approximate price range. I realize it'll be a few hundred dollars though, and that's ok.

Thanks in advance!

[Gee]

I think you are probably looking at $800. That is the cheapest estimate I received when I needed something done.

http://www.memofixdatarecovery.com/

[fred999]

Heve you checked out Spin-Rite data recovery tool? Heven't needed to use it myself, but I've read some good reviews of this.

http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm

[Negotiator]

Chances are that PCB is the part that's smoking. Depending on what drive you have, you may have some luck finding a replacement PCB on ebay, replace it yourself, and see if the drive starts working again. In worst case, you'll be extra $50 out. Just make sure you buy the exact PCB as the one you have on the drive - it must be the same revision etc.
Don't have any recommendations on data recovery though. Having a backup of all my data, never lost anything of importance, so didn't have to deal with those services.