Radomir's Hard Drive Data Recovery
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Last fall, my hard drive crashed and almost permanently lost all my video files, pictures, and documents. I work with videos and have backups for work, but I lost my documents, pictures, short movies, and my haircut documentary I was working on, among many other personal files. I have some of my short films on my YouTube channel, and others are in a hard drive data loss abyss from which they might never recover without your help. Here is a link to my YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/custommadename
Who benefits:
In Indianapolis, where I mainly shoot videos, I've worked with local musicians to create numerous short movies that I've screened publicly for people's entertainment. I was in the middle of a couple projects when the drive crashed, and I had not backed up my own files for my short movies, a haircut documentary, and various documents, pictures, and installation files. If I can get back these files, I will be able to finish my videos and have everyone enjoy the work that had been put into filming them initially.
How the funds will be used:
I found a company with a lab that diagnosed the problem with the hard drive: The circuitry that operates the spinning, reading, and the other functions is fried. The lab will take apart my hard drive in a sterile room and rebuild it into a new casing so I can get my files back. This process is laborous, challenging, and expensive. They are charging $1350 for data recovery parts and clean room setup, $349 to pay a data recovery specialist for the labor, $25 for shipping, and a $19 "cloud" fee. This is expensive, but it's market price. I'm only asking for the initial $1400 to cover data recovery and shipping, though if this campaign goes over budget, I will put the money toward improving my equipment for higher production value. I already have purchased more backup drives.
How soon I need the funds:
I'm starting this campaign so that you can help me pay for this within two weeks or so. I will personally pay an initial $300 installment around the 14th, and this will get the work started. They charge a monthly storage fee of 5% of the total, so the sooner this is paid the better.
What the support will mean to me:
I have screened movies at local venues by booking my own events, booking bands, and providing all the entertainment for free. I feel I am still building up my skillset to make really awesome movies, and I really value that the local video, music, and other communities in Indianapolis have been following my work for entertainment and feedback so far. I haven't before this asked for anything except the time of the people watching my videos, and I am new at asking for money for projects. It's weird, and the support, should I even get anywhere near the goal, will be amazing and probably too difficult to process. I will be eternally grateful that I have had more support than I had expected to have built so far.
How grateful I will be for help:
I will be incessantly thankful! Guaranteed best friendship with any donation amount! There are many reward levels available to show my gratitude for all levels of donations, from 8x10 inch framed prints of my photos or your favorite video screenshots to full-fledged video or photo shoots. There are some weird offers in the mix, namely the massage, counseling, and marriage services... I hope this won't erode the perception of the other high quality and value rewards. I figured if you really badly need a discounted, good value massage, I suppose it couldn't hurt to try. I don't know why exactly I'm offering couples counseling, but I've tried it before and have gone through some myself with someone in a past relationship. If you stick to the straight-arrow rewards, you'll certainly be hapy with the campagin. I hope it's enough to show my gratitude for your help, or let me know if you have an idea for something else we can work out.
https://www.youtube.com/custommadename
Who benefits:
In Indianapolis, where I mainly shoot videos, I've worked with local musicians to create numerous short movies that I've screened publicly for people's entertainment. I was in the middle of a couple projects when the drive crashed, and I had not backed up my own files for my short movies, a haircut documentary, and various documents, pictures, and installation files. If I can get back these files, I will be able to finish my videos and have everyone enjoy the work that had been put into filming them initially.
How the funds will be used:
I found a company with a lab that diagnosed the problem with the hard drive: The circuitry that operates the spinning, reading, and the other functions is fried. The lab will take apart my hard drive in a sterile room and rebuild it into a new casing so I can get my files back. This process is laborous, challenging, and expensive. They are charging $1350 for data recovery parts and clean room setup, $349 to pay a data recovery specialist for the labor, $25 for shipping, and a $19 "cloud" fee. This is expensive, but it's market price. I'm only asking for the initial $1400 to cover data recovery and shipping, though if this campaign goes over budget, I will put the money toward improving my equipment for higher production value. I already have purchased more backup drives.
How soon I need the funds:
I'm starting this campaign so that you can help me pay for this within two weeks or so. I will personally pay an initial $300 installment around the 14th, and this will get the work started. They charge a monthly storage fee of 5% of the total, so the sooner this is paid the better.
What the support will mean to me:
I have screened movies at local venues by booking my own events, booking bands, and providing all the entertainment for free. I feel I am still building up my skillset to make really awesome movies, and I really value that the local video, music, and other communities in Indianapolis have been following my work for entertainment and feedback so far. I haven't before this asked for anything except the time of the people watching my videos, and I am new at asking for money for projects. It's weird, and the support, should I even get anywhere near the goal, will be amazing and probably too difficult to process. I will be eternally grateful that I have had more support than I had expected to have built so far.
How grateful I will be for help:
I will be incessantly thankful! Guaranteed best friendship with any donation amount! There are many reward levels available to show my gratitude for all levels of donations, from 8x10 inch framed prints of my photos or your favorite video screenshots to full-fledged video or photo shoots. There are some weird offers in the mix, namely the massage, counseling, and marriage services... I hope this won't erode the perception of the other high quality and value rewards. I figured if you really badly need a discounted, good value massage, I suppose it couldn't hurt to try. I don't know why exactly I'm offering couples counseling, but I've tried it before and have gone through some myself with someone in a past relationship. If you stick to the straight-arrow rewards, you'll certainly be hapy with the campagin. I hope it's enough to show my gratitude for your help, or let me know if you have an idea for something else we can work out.
Organizer
Radomir Jordanovic
Organizer
Indianapolis, IN
