Seagate Launches Data Recovery Service at Staples
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Customers can take their digital media problems to EasyTech staff at any of 1,400 Staples locations.
Seagate Technology's Recovery Services division is offering a new set of data recovery services for consumers and businesses at 1,400 Staples stores in North America and Hawaii. Staples, the world's largest office products company, is fronting the services through its in-store EasyTech services staff. The chain began offering the services Nov. 20.
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Service costs will vary, but most hard drive data recovery projects will cost between about $200 and $2,000, Remley said.
Data loss can be caused by mechanical failure of a device, contamination, fire or water damage, human error or other factors. In most cases, the data can be recovered by trained technicians by using a combination of software technologies and physical reconstruction of the device, Remley said.
He said the services include the guarantee that if Seagate and Staples can't recover the data, there will be no charge to the customer.
"Were pretty confident about what we can do," Remley said. "We've found that we can save data about 98 percent of the time."
When the data is recovered from bad digital storage, it will be returned to the customer on an external USB hard drive with a two-year limited warranty.
"If a customer drops off an 80GB hard drive, for example, well return the data on a similar-quality 80GB external drive, with a simple USB connector," Remley said. "So all the customer has to do is plug it in, and the data will all be poured back into the new drive or device."
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