I recently had a hard disk crash on my laptop. I am fairly good about backups and did not loose too much of value. IBM honored their warranty and replaced the hard drive. They want the original HD back, but I am reluctant to do that because of data security concerns. Which gets me to my point.Originally Posted by Philcjr
I would be a bit careful about handing a HD to anyone IF that HD had sensitive data on it. I would like to assume that most companies that do HD recovery are honest and helpful, friendlly curtious, kind, ... But who knows. Tread carefully and only go with a company you can trust (which is probably the reason you are asking for experience).
I will be interested to hear what others have to say on this topic.