37,000+ posts! Nice to meet you. I am going to test this out. Data recovery software is anywhere from $30 to $3000.00, that I have seen so far. This fact is interesting in itself. I think you can get into some intense DR software for under $500.00. I wonder how effective the low-end software is. I will try to find out. It is nice to have extra computers laying around so I can break them and fix them.
I hope to get some good information to share here.
Peace