Data Recovery Best Buy Pricing
How much to charge for data recovery?
I ended up recovering the data off someone’s supposedly dead hard drive (all of it, about 40 GB in all). Took me 2 hours to set up.
Question is, how much should I charge? I know Best Buy is overpriced so what is the reasonable price for this much data? Thanks.
People, I ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED THE DATA. This is for another person.
I’m just not sure how much to charge THEM for MY services.
When a hard drive malfunctions, it can mean that files are corrupted or deleted. Corrupted files can often be fixed using data recovery software.
When the drive makes whirring or clicking noises or is unusually hot, or if the computer won’t start, the hard drive could be physically damaged, in which case a data recovery firm may be able to extract data from the damaged drive.
Typical costs:
* Data recovery software applications are good choices for hard drives with deleted or corrupted files but no actual physical damage. The applications range from $40-$129.00. PC Magazine recommends StompSoft’s Recover My Data ($40) as their top-rated application for 2007.
* For disks that are physically damaged, Aero Data Recovery charges a flat rate as low as $219.00 for a single hard disk drive of any capacity with any operating system.
* Some vendors charge based on the capacity of the hard disk. Disk Doctors charges $375 to recover data from a 30 GB single hard disk drive running Windows and charges $1,000 for a 500 GB drive.
* Others firms provide only estimates. Factors that influence price include the number of files to be recovered and the turnaround time.
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