It could be one of any third-party vendors who participate in the program. The seller is listed as After Solutions, who is not a company either. So, who are the “they” who are recovering your data? It’s not Amazon. There’s free shipping to and from the lab and you can tack on a recovery service plan within 30 days of purchase. You can read more about it, but the gist of it is that if your drive or disk fails, they’ll recover the data or refund the money you paid for the recovery plan itself. If you opt-out, Amazon, in a very pushy fashion, will show you a pop-up about it. You can see the checkboxes right above the “Add to Cart” button. When you buy a hard drive, thumb drive, SD card, USB drive, or some other kind of storage device off Amazon, you’ll be prompted to add a data recovery service plan. Here’s how the Amazon Rescue Data Recovery Services work: Amazon Data Recovery Plan Review – Rescue Data Recovery Services I’ll tell you what happened and why I think that. I have some updates and clarifications near the end of the review. Update: The folks at Seagate reached out to me after reading this blog post. But I’m not sure that I would recommend the extra investment. Then, I broke it and got to test out the service. I bought a $2 1-year data protection plan for a 16 GB USB drive from SanDisk. Follow Seagate on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and subscribe to our blog.But then again, it’s Amazon, which has been pretty good to me so far from a customer service standpoint. Seagate is a worldwide leader in storage solutions. Canada Computer made Seagate Rescue service available last month to their customers just in time for the holidays with the same pricing. The external storage protection plan has an MSRP of $39.99 CDN for two years and $49.99 CDN for three years. NCIX, a Canadian retailer, made the service available this quarter with the following MSRPs: $69.99 CDN two-year rescue plan for both laptop and Seagates Rescue Data Protection Plan Expands Its Reach To New Retailers And Systems 2-2-2 desktop personal computers the three-year plan for computers is $89.99 CDN. with the following MSRPs: laptop and desktop computers starting at $49.99 USD for a two-year plan external drives starting at $29.99 USD for a two-year plan. Staples launched the Seagate Rescue plan in 1,537 stores in the U.S. The Seagate Rescue service is available now from the aforementioned retailers. Purchasing protection in advance of an incident that incurs data loss keeps costs low for consumers and provides peace of mind that their files can live beyond the life of their computer system. The cost is the result of a process, which involves highly skilled technicians who must manually disassemble a drive and recover the data bit by bit. The cost of recovering data from a damaged or corrupted drive can often reach into the thousands of dollars. The company specializes in providing storage hardware, solutions and now services to the millions of consumers and companies that depend on us every day. This is the third in a three prong offering from Seagate. We are now very pleased to continue the roll out of a data protection service plan for computing devices purchased a number of retail channels throughout North America, said Scott Horn, vice president of global marketing at Seagate. Seagate has long been in the business of providing storage and security for the worlds data. This data protection plan provides a service where in the event of a file or several files being damaged, lost or destroyed, the consumer now has a path to recovery of the data that is affordable. The extended warranties that people have become accustomed to purchasing along with a new system cover only the hardware and not the files that have been saved to or edited on a device. Seagate Rescue is the only offering from a storage solution provider to deliver such a comprehensive data protection plan on a range of storage options from multiple brands. The plan is not only available from more retailers, but now also covers hard drives and storage that may be included in a laptop or desktop computer system. LAS VEGAS, NV JanuSeagate Technology today announced at the annual Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas, the expanded availability of the industrys first data protection service plan, Seagate Rescue, to include Staples in the United States and with NCIX and Canada Computer in Canada. Rollout Now Includes Support From Staples, NCIX and Canada Computer SEAGATES RESCUE DATA PROTECTION PLAN EXPANDS ITS REACH TO NEW RETAILERS AND SYSTEMS
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