This week I turned on my USB Backup Hard Drive to backup some photos from a recent wedding.
Click.... whirrr click.... clunk.
CLUNK? Why did it clunk!?!?
Where's the bah-dum sound of XP recognizing the drive? None?
Calls into three data recovery companies tell me I am looking at spending between $800 and $1200. I explain that I'm a recent graduate with an expansive photojournalism portfolio that is now trapped on this tiny brick. They feign sympathetic, but this won't lower the price at all.
I don't have the money now. I'm photographing a wedding in June, but my income won't cover even half of the drive repair/recovery after travel expenses.
Is it worth going into debt for memories that I may never otherwise be able to keep? My heart says yes. My paycheck? No.
