Hi! My husband has been using the sticky notes function on his PDF research readings for his thesis paper. He has been backing up the pdfs, and thought the notes/comments as well, onto an external hard drive. Well my son spilled some coffee on the laptop, frying the hard drive. No, I wasn't watching him, I was folding laundry. Yes, I am a horrible wife and take full responsibility.
When he accessed the pdfs on the back up, 1 year full of research notes were missing. Is there any way to get them back? If not, if we shell out the $1000k for data recovery, where would the notes be located on the original hard drive?
Thanks for your time. I'm trying everything in my power to get these notes back for him. I would be eternally grateful for any suggestions.