Seeking a Second Opinion
As much as we are loath to admit it, there will be instances where data is unrecoverable. Then again, is the data REALLY unrecoverable? Well, if someone can perform the Data Recovery then it pretty much is recoverable! If you have procured the services of a Hard Drive Recovery company and they have pronounced the hard drive as beyond hope there is no reason to despair. You can always seek a second opinion. The Disk Doctors, for example, may be able to find something the other service has missed. As such, they may be able to perform the proper data recovery and this includes even complex matters such as Raid Recovery processes. Now, this does not mean that there will never be situations where data can not be retrieved. Depending upon the extent of the damage and how the drive was damaged recovery may not be an option. But there will also be those situations where one service may not have the ability to perform proper recovery while another service may have insight into how to succeed in said recovery. So, if one company has given you grim advice about being able to recovery lost data there is always hope in the form of the Disk Doctors!