"spamlet" wrote in message
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"Zen83237" wrote in message
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My USB stick has packed up and or course is it about 6 months since I
backed it up.
My friendly geekie neighbour's son can't recover it but suggestes it
might be recovered for a price from data recovery experts.
Any body ever done this can suggest the cost?

Kevin


There was a Braniac series where they destruction tested various storage
devices in some very extreme ways. The memory inside the USB stick seemed
to be able to handle being virtually smashed to bits. They did not say
how much the forensic team charged to help prove their point though!

S
Having worked in the Defence industry I do remember being told the lengths
that they can go to recover data and the need to chop discs up into little
pieces to stop data beinf recovered.