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09-22-2014, 11:18 AM
To provide a final tally of everything:
After purchase of a new SSD drive, a used backup HDD (primarily for parts, but will use as a backup when the data recovery attempt has been completed), a Torx set to work with the tiny hard drive screws, Best Buys data analysis fee (what a waste), the dozens of hours I've spent on the recovery efforts (just kidding - they're free), and now the shipping and payment to send the board away to get soldering work done, the total cost to Thay's vault came to just under $350, which means we end up with a positive balance of about $480.
It was never my intention to make money from this disaster. So for those of you who donated who would like a refund since data recovery was unsuccessful, I can send back your money. Send me a PM if you would like that. Otherwise, I'm just hoping for enough to help offset or cover most of the cost of what's been spent so far. If we do end up with enough money left over, I will buy another new hard drive so a good, non-used backup is ready and on hand in the event the drive we have now fails (which hopefully will not happen for many years though). Otherwise, I will use the funds to continue to pay for the static IP address which is, and has been, charged on a monthly basis.
And again, a final thank you to all who donated. I'm sorry we weren't able to get data recovery as was probably the primary intention for most of the donations, although I hope the attempts to do so were somewhat worthy of the contributions you made.
After purchase of a new SSD drive, a used backup HDD (primarily for parts, but will use as a backup when the data recovery attempt has been completed), a Torx set to work with the tiny hard drive screws, Best Buys data analysis fee (what a waste), the dozens of hours I've spent on the recovery efforts (just kidding - they're free), and now the shipping and payment to send the board away to get soldering work done, the total cost to Thay's vault came to just under $350, which means we end up with a positive balance of about $480.
It was never my intention to make money from this disaster. So for those of you who donated who would like a refund since data recovery was unsuccessful, I can send back your money. Send me a PM if you would like that. Otherwise, I'm just hoping for enough to help offset or cover most of the cost of what's been spent so far. If we do end up with enough money left over, I will buy another new hard drive so a good, non-used backup is ready and on hand in the event the drive we have now fails (which hopefully will not happen for many years though). Otherwise, I will use the funds to continue to pay for the static IP address which is, and has been, charged on a monthly basis.
And again, a final thank you to all who donated. I'm sorry we weren't able to get data recovery as was probably the primary intention for most of the donations, although I hope the attempts to do so were somewhat worthy of the contributions you made.