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Data Recovery from Jaz Disks

Posted by michael on from the clik-clik-clik-boom dept.

mach-5 writes "I recently had an Iomega Jaz disk fragged by the drive (the data is corrupt from simply using the disk in another drive). I know that I can easily get a free (beer) replacement from Iomega, but what I really want is my data back, which is far from free. This is a little unfair considering their drive corrupted my disk. Has anyone had any success in having their data recovered by a drive company. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to deal with this particular company?"

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  1. backup! by teridon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If your data is that important, make backups (i.e. more than one)

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  2. Re:I thought the replacement drive sounded fair. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I thought the bloody Jazz/Zip disks were targeted as backup medium?

    Okay, so he backs up to yet another medium. What if it fails? Who gets blamed then? Where does it end?

    I'm so sick of (computer tech) companies not backing thier products.

  3. Has anyone here heard of backups? by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seriously. Consider this a lesson. If you do it again, we'll have to smack you around.

    If it's important to you, back it up. It doesn't matter how you do it: a rdist to another machine every night, a stack of floppies, CD-Rs, another Jaz disk, printouts, or getting it included in the next Information Society single as 150 baud line noise. The three key words: back it up. You're fully free to blame whoever you want, but, if it was important, it was up to you, and nobody else, to make sure it didn't get destroyed.

    Life sucks. Next time, back it up.

    - A.P.

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    "Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
  4. Re:Probably no warranty for data by biglig2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ah, so Accounting are in charge of everything until one nanosecond before it goes wrong, then it's IT's fault, eh?

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