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dbeck29

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my imac crashed last week but thankfully i had back up of all my files via my western digital my studio hard drive. thankfully right? well i royally screwed up and while trying to fix my crashed hard drive on my imac, i guess i accidentally reformatted my external drive, deleting EVERYTHING 🙁

I am pretty sure that I can go to a vendor and have them restore the HD correct? If so, what does something like that cost? I had probably 50 gigs lost, mostly photos, MP3, AVIs, and programs. Is it possible to get all that back or do i sit in the corner and cry for a bit while i take in the reality that I lost years worth of my life?
 
my imac crashed last week but thankfully i had back up of all my files via my western digital my studio hard drive. thankfully right? well i royally screwed up and while trying to fix my crashed hard drive on my imac, i guess i accidentally reformatted my external drive, deleting EVERYTHING 🙁

I am pretty sure that I can go to a vendor and have them restore the HD correct? If so, what does something like that cost? I had probably 50 gigs lost, mostly photos, MP3, AVIs, and programs. Is it possible to get all that back or do i sit in the corner and cry for a bit while i take in the reality that I lost years worth of my life?
Data Recovery services are very expensive. I've seen quotes over $2kUSD for a single drive. 😱
 
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