Digital Answering Machine - Recover Erased Message?

If it is an "old" machine, it is possible that the messages are really truly, irretrevably vanished because it may have used volatile (DRAM) memory and the "temporary" battery/capacitor that is supposed to keep the data during a battery change is old and dried out.

Or IF (and it seems like a BIG *IF*) the data is still in the memory, it would be possible to retrieve it, but you would likely have to find someone more sophisticated (or sneaky) than a "normal" repair shop. A spy organization (or a "forensic audio engineer") might be able to retrieve the messages.

Of course it would likely cost more than several new machines, so you will have to decide whether the lost messages are worth the cost of possible retrieval.

Unless you have a important message from the president, about national security saved on it, the $7000.00 it would cost for a pro forensic technician to recover the data probably wouldn't be worth it. So say goodbye to the 43 messages from your mom asking you if you are wearing clean underwear today. Kim

Action Front Data Recovery Labs.... They are the source for retrieving data of any type, from any media.

They can retreive data from hard drives to memory cards to ............

It is expensive though.

machine,the messages got erased (even though the machine said they would be preserved if the plug remained in).Is it possible for a data retrieval shop to unerase the messages?Thanks. John

See the articles from Peter Gutmann about data retention. like this