I would have to agree with most as I build my own. As to which one I picked it would have to be HP because I had an experience of too much coffee and trying to solder some jumper stubs on an HP mobo so I could overclock. I knocked a tiny transistor off the mobo and when I tried to boot, nothing. I called HP and customer service went through the few steps of trouble shooting and the guy noticed that I wasn't gewtting a POST "beep" and he proceded to tell me how to ship it back to HP. I had a new mobo in 9 days no questions asked. Excellent customer service. (Of course, I did not mention the soldering part to him)
You can try Spinrite for about $90. I bought it and have had success recovering lost files. No promises though. I have never tried to recover a "formatted" drive. Just read the FAQ at the link I provided. Rob http://www.grc.com/sr/faq.htm
Hey, I played Jedi Knights: Dark Forces II on the MS game zone for about 3 years. I was in various clans on the zone during this time frame HA_ HyA_ XyA_ EAH_ and CC_ Had a lot of fun times and met some cool people two of which I still (7 years later) play various online games with. JKII:Outcast was cool but not as cool as JK: Dark Forces ROLAND_DESHAIN was my main name back then if anybody recognizes me, shout out. Peace.