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5 stars
Version: Selkie Rescue 3.5.1
"Great product, even better customer service."
Pros: First, my computer died late on a Sunday night when I had an important presentation the next day. Selkie let me recover my documents and not have to redo everything. And when I couldn't get it to install, the CTO of the company called me to help.
Cons: The selkie software wasn't able to burn a boot disc with my computer, but no worries. It is simple enough to do manually.
Summary: This product saved me a summer's worth of work and a heck of a lot of trouble. More importantly, I can't believe that a company would care so much about its customers to have someone on call - and an executive to boot - to troubleshoot installation i... read more
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5 stars
Version: Selkie Rescue 3.5.1
"Selkie worked; another program I purchased did not"
Pros: My computer crashed hard, couldn't be booted up in safe mode, and couldn't be repaired by my Windows install discs. I would have done almost anything to get access to the data on this broken machine- this Selkie program gave me access to ALL of it.
Cons: No cons- this program delivered, period.
Summary: I wanted my data and I needed my data. I am not a techie and yet I wanted my data so much that I was PREPARED to take apart my computer, remove a 160 gigabyte hard drive, void my netbook's warranty, and send the hard drive to a data retrieval profes... read more
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4 stars
Version: Selkie Rescue 3.5.1
"computer crashed. selkie saved my life."
Pros: I saw a flyer for Selkie at my school offering 50% off to students and tried it out. It got all my stuff back in the same structure as before. All I had to do was reformat my drive, transfer it back and all was good.
Cons: It took a little bit of time to transfer all the files over, I do have a lot of stuff on my computer. However I was able to get back my assignments right away before I did the entire transfer.
Summary: The program worked well and it was nice to only have paid $50 for it when it would've cost me a lot more somewhere else. I'd suggest it to other students. read more
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4 stars
Version: Selkie Rescue 3.5.1
Pros: I heard about Selkie from a friend and tried it out on my old co mputer that wouldn't boot and it worked great. I got everything back, even stuff I didn't remember was on the drive.
Cons: At first I wasn't sure how to connect from crossover cable, I first did it chose the basic mode but it didn't work, so I had to go back and use Advanced and then it worked.
Summary: I would reccommend Selkie, just make sure you read the on screen instructions. Other than that it worked as it should and got everything back from my old computer. read more
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4 stars
Version: Selkie Rescue 3.5.1
Pros: This product works, I was able to rescue all my important documents, photo's, songs from my dieing hard drive, using only the software, a crossover cable and my laptop. For once a product that delivers what it promises!
Cons: Unless your familiar with the DOS environment, i.e. old enough to remember it, its not the most user friendly interface. However follow the on screen instructions and you'll be fine.
Summary: I thought I had lost everything when my hard drive died and my windows cd was corrupted. With Selkie rescue I was kind of dubious about spending a $100 on a package I never heard off, but it really worked. It took a bit of messing around to get it to... read more
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