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Ok so my rule of determining the level of difficulty in data recovery is really 2 questions.
#1 -  is it making any noise
#2 -  is it detected in the bios if you connect it directly to the mobo

If the answer to #1 is yes - then if you want any hopes of recovering the data do not attempt to continue powering it on. It can be making noise because the heads are broken or bent and if that's the case you will scrape the platters and kill the drive beyond any hope of recovery. (data recovery isn't like the way they show it in the movies you cannot actually remove a platter and recover any data off it) And please do not attempt the Freezer Trick - it doesn't work on current drives anymore and actually introduces condensation in the drive that can kill the platters.
If its detected in the bios we can try a couple of things - and i can usually recover the data for about $250 - $799 - over 50% of the time its about $300.

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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #640 on: February 22, 2015, 05:09:12 PM »
reminds me of a question. paying for 300 down from time warner cable, speed test shows consistent speeds between 90-95, tried at various times etc. time warner says its getting 250 to 275 at all times and sometimes 300. Anyway other than speedtest to independently verify?
90-95 is excellent even that is almost unheard of on cable as i said before you can check at night to see if it gets better

you can also use pingtest.net it tests the stability of the connection which can makes a huge difference because even if it has great speed if it keeps losing packets it won't help you. Just BTW i've never seen an A on pingtest.net so a B+ is very good
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #641 on: February 22, 2015, 05:11:03 PM »
I get that.  I'm paying for 300 if I was paying for 100 I'd be happy at 90. I'd also be paying less though.

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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #642 on: February 22, 2015, 05:23:12 PM »
I get that.  I'm paying for 300 if I was paying for 100 I'd be happy at 90. I'd also be paying less though.
it may be any one of your devices is not gigabit speed either your modem, router, switch, or computer if it says 10/100 it probably won't go past 100 if it's 10/100/1000 it's gigabit speed and should be able to handle up to 1Gb but if any device along the way are not it will slow down, it can also be a cable if you are using cat5 and not cat5e or cat6.

or your router is just not powerful enough to handle all the traffic how many devices are on it? is this a home network or office?
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #643 on: February 22, 2015, 05:26:15 PM »
I'm plugging right into the modem/ router provided by the cable company.  No other devices on at the same time,  and all devices other than mine would be capped at 3.5.
Might be the cable though,  that's interesting.  Didn't know that,  thanks

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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #644 on: February 22, 2015, 05:27:57 PM »
I'm plugging right into the modem/ router provided by the cable company.  No other devices on at the same time,  and all devices other than mine would be capped at 3.5.
Might be the cable though,  that's interesting.  Didn't know that,  thanks
do you have a lot of devices on the network? the router may not be able to handle all the traffic
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #645 on: February 24, 2015, 12:09:25 PM »
Are all wireless printers able to creat their own mini-network with a computer, or do they need an existing wireless network? I recall using a Brother that was able to make it's own network.
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #646 on: February 24, 2015, 12:11:30 PM »
Are all wireless printers able to creat their own mini-network with a computer, or do they need an existing wireless network? I recall using a Brother that was able to make it's own network.
Yes it's called an ad-hoc network
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #647 on: February 24, 2015, 12:33:49 PM »
Staples has the Canon ImageCLASS LBP6030W Laser Printer for $44.99
Dan posted same printer here in November when it was $49.99, and here in December when it was $44.95.
It's now $57.99 on Amazon
Anyone know if you need a home network for it to work wirelessly?
I imagine it does need a home network. I have a Canon Pixma mx922 and it needs a home network.
Are all wireless printers able to creat their own mini-network with a computer, or do they need an existing wireless network? I recall using a Brother that was able to make it's own network.
Yes it's called an ad-hoc network
Is that an option with the Canon ImageCLASS LBP6030W? Do you disagree with Mountain Man? On the Canon website it says " Wireless printing requires a working Ethernet network with wireless 802.11b/g or n capability. Wireless performance may vary based on terrain and distance between the printer and wireless network clients."
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #648 on: February 24, 2015, 12:46:38 PM »
Is that an option with the Canon ImageCLASS LBP6030W? Do you disagree with Mountain Man? On the Canon website it says " Wireless printing requires a working Ethernet network with wireless 802.11b/g or n capability. Wireless performance may vary based on terrain and distance between the printer and wireless network clients."
I'm not sure I never used one I just know they exist
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #649 on: February 24, 2015, 01:25:42 PM »


Is that an option with the Canon ImageCLASS LBP6030W? Do you disagree with Mountain Man? On the Canon website it says " Wireless printing requires a working Ethernet network with wireless 802.11b/g or n capability. Wireless performance may vary based on terrain and distance between the printer and wireless network clients."

When it says "Wireless printing requires a working Ethernet network with wireless 802.11b/g or n capability" it means the printer is not a wireless printer therefore if you want to print wirelessly you need it to be plugged in to the network and you can connect wirelessly to the network but IINM any wireless printer can print with an ad-hoc network
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #650 on: February 24, 2015, 02:02:35 PM »

When it says "Wireless printing requires a working Ethernet network with wireless 802.11b/g or n capability" it means the printer is not a wireless printer therefore if you want to print wirelessly you need it to be plugged in to the network and you can connect wirelessly to the network but IINM any wireless printer can print with an ad-hoc network
From the description on Staples.com "Print from virtually anywhere with wireless connectivity".
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #651 on: February 24, 2015, 02:12:32 PM »
From the description on Staples.com "Print from virtually anywhere with wireless connectivity".
It says this about this printer or a different one?
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #652 on: February 24, 2015, 03:16:24 PM »
It says it about the Canon ImageCLASS LBP6030W, the one I mentioned in my post.  link
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #653 on: February 24, 2015, 03:32:13 PM »
It says it about the Canon ImageCLASS LBP6030W, the one I mentioned in my post.  link
that's very interesting to me it seems quite deceptive but maybe they get away with it by saying "Mobile Capability    No"
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #654 on: February 24, 2015, 03:47:29 PM »
I believe it works wireless however it requires an existing wireless network.
On the Manual for the Canon PIXMA MG3220
 
on page 4 it says "An "Ad-hoc connection," which establishes a direct wireless connection between
the computer and printer without using an access point, is not supported.
A router or access point is required for your printer to be used on a wireless
network."
I'm guessing this maybe the way all Canon printers function.
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #655 on: February 24, 2015, 03:54:50 PM »
I believe it works wireless however it requires an existing wireless network.
Correct the only reason why it works wirelessly is because the router it's plugged into can be connected to wirelessly but the printer itself has no wireless connection as opposed to other printers that can connect to a network over WiFi
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #656 on: February 24, 2015, 04:06:42 PM »
What your saying seems incorrect. If your right it's not a "wireless printer" at all!
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #657 on: February 24, 2015, 04:12:39 PM »
What your saying seems incorrect. If your right it's not a "wireless printer" at all!
Correct.
Does your printer say anywhere that it's a wireless printer?
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« Reply #658 on: February 24, 2015, 04:16:16 PM »
Correct.
Does your printer say anywhere that it's a wireless printer?
true it doesn't say it's a wireless printer but says you can print wireless which is technically incorrect it's printing over the network
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Re: Data Recovery - Any Questions?
« Reply #659 on: February 24, 2015, 04:51:03 PM »
true it doesn't say it's a wireless printer but says you can print wireless which is technically incorrect it's printing over the network
well I guess wireless could mean that it doesn't need to be plugged into the computer itself...

I've had the same thing before. Bought a printer, and then discovered that it's not REALLY wireless.

I've actually been toying with the idea of hooking mine up to a raspberry pi, and then printing to that (from any computer with internet!). It's on my list of projects to work on when I'm bored (ha).
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