I’m in Texas, but I do have internet access.  Today I received an email about my hard drive, so I decided to write a quick blog entry to keep you updated.  The data recovery company I sent the hard drive to wrote “We have examined your hard drive and have found that it exhibits symptoms of a severe head crash.  Unfortunately our capabilities are not extensive enough to safely perform a recovery attempt in this situation.”  They recommended two other companies that might be able to perform the recovery, but I suspect those companies cost significantly more than I can afford at the moment.  However, one company offers free pick up from the company my hard drive is currently at, as well as a free evaluation, so I’m sending the drive to them.  They will examine the drive and give me a recovery estimate, and then I can decide what to do from there.  If they can’t recover the drive or the cost for recovery is too high, then all I have to do is pay for return shipping.  Oh well!