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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1719016" data-attributes="member: 131855">Others will correct me if I am wrong on this but everything I've read suggests that sometimes using multiple methods will conflict/contradict each other causing more issues and reducing the chance of recovery. There is also the possibility that the mechanism will fail completely since it is often necessary to attempt to read each file several times during the recovery process. If you have another Mac available, rather than pay the Apple shop for 24 hours of on/off attempts to recover files. I'd let them pull the drive then when they give it to you put it in an enclosure and see if you can read the drive. Sometimes you will get lucky and the drive will start working long enough to recover something. If the data is vital data recovery may be the only option. I haven't had experience with that though.No matter which method you choose I suggest prioritizing things and going after the most important data first on case the drive fails mid recovery.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1719016, member: 131855"] Others will correct me if I am wrong on this but everything I've read suggests that sometimes using multiple methods will conflict/contradict each other causing more issues and reducing the chance of recovery. There is also the possibility that the mechanism will fail completely since it is often necessary to attempt to read each file several times during the recovery process. If you have another Mac available, rather than pay the Apple shop for 24 hours of on/off attempts to recover files. I'd let them pull the drive then when they give it to you put it in an enclosure and see if you can read the drive. Sometimes you will get lucky and the drive will start working long enough to recover something. If the data is vital data recovery may be the only option. I haven't had experience with that though. No matter which method you choose I suggest prioritizing things and going after the most important data first on case the drive fails mid recovery. [/QUOTE]

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