Camcorder: Sony HDR-XR260E
Hard drive: Toshiba 160gb 1.8", model: mk1639gsl, interface 24pin Lif cable
What happened? It stopped working on the 2nd last day of my UK holiday. No back up :(
I've connected the hard drive directly to the computer and tried it in an identical camcorder. It is not recognised by either device. It sounds like it's trying to spin, makes a slight clicking sound then powers down. It repeats this a few times.
Does anyone know of any reasonably priced recovery centers?
Data recovery is expensive. I was quoted $7000 dollars for a 120GB hard drive, and they also told me that not all files can be recoverable (still pay $7k regardless of whether the files are readable or not).
My jaw just dropped and I decided to just learn to always create redundant copies of anything that was important.
If you are hoping for an easy job that costs less than a grand, tough luck man, data recovery usually costs more than that.
I would try recovering the data yourself, Get Data Back is what I use at work to recover data.