My external hard drive was damaged and all the video data belonging to a wedding I was on it. I sent it to Fields Data Recovery and paid £299 plus vat for them to recover it. After a few weeks and offered to dispose of the disc themselves. I refused to allow them to do this and asked them to return it to me. I then found an advert for R3DATA and thought I would them , more in desperation than hope. A few weeks later the news cam back from them them that they had managed to recover all the data . I have since had my money returned from Fields after threatening legal action against them. If you have a damaged external hard drive I would recommend that you contact R3Data first . They are not the cheapest but you will get excellent service from them,