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Wow, when I have bad luck, I have BAD LUCK. Geek Squad says my hard drive is too damaged for them to back it up. The only option I have left is sending it in for Data Recovery, which will cost $60 just to ship. I'm already out $30 just for having the Geek Squad ATTEMPT to recovery my hard drive. Once I sent it out, the Data Recovery Group will get back to me with an estimate within 5 days. They warned it can be between $250 and $1,700.

I think I have pretty much lost my hard drive because while I could absorb $100 to back it up, I don't think I can absorb $250 or higher.

This means I have lost EVERYTHING: icons, fanart, video files (all my sound files/picture dramas), personal writing, pictures. EVERYTHING.

I bought my new GPS for $139, but I might spend the rest of my time after baseball with Tom letting it sink in that my data is not coming back.

I just don't know what to do. Please advise if anyone has suggestions. What I don't want right now is sympathy. I want advice on whether I should take my loss and be screwed or go through with the ridiculously expensive recovery process. :(

In the meantime, I will be... punching things. A lot.

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I am still bitter at BestBuy, but if you have good people then I'll shut up. Really do shop around though, and/or see if you can find out who your BestBuy uses, since you might be able to save some money by going to them directly. If the quotes are too high, you can always hold on to the drive until you have more money-padding.

I understand. I've heard horror stories about Best Buy before. I also think my Best Buy back near my father is the better one than the one closest to me now. But I have researched a few Data Recovery places like the one you linked and am going to be making quite a few calls tomorrow. At least I have a GPS so I can drive to the places now. :|b