| E.g. IDE, SATA or SCSI interfaced 3.5", 2.5" or 1.8" disks found
in desktop computers, Macs, laptops, external storage devices such as LaCie devices, Maxtor OneTouch Personal Storage, Shared
Storage, servers with single disk
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| Type of Fault | Examples | Cost |
| Logical Faults | - Accidental deletions - Deleted / formatted partitions - File system corruptions - Virus damage |
$450 |
| Electrical Faults | - Damaged PCB - Disk appears dead |
$450 or $675 |
| The higher price is usually when 1 or more of the 3 larger chips on the PCB is burnt or blistered. | ||
| Firmware Faults | - Disk incorrectly reported in BIOS - Disk no longer accessible - Disk boot failure - Operating System cannot be found |
$750 |
| Minor Mechanical Faults | - Disk functions intermittently but we are able to stablise it to recover the data without internal repair |
$750 |
| Major Mechanical Faults | - Heads clicking / clanking - Motor seizure - Fire / flood / impact damage |
$1800 |
| If your disk has previously been opened, we charge an additional $400 to examine the disk. This is regardless of outcome because of the reduced possibility of success. | ||
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Free evaluation*
For devices containing more than one disk we only charge you for the faulty disk.