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Data Recovery

Free evaluation of your drive. If we can’t help you, we don’t charge you.

Data Recovery Service

Data recovery for hard drives, USB flash drives and other types of electronic stored memory

There are 3 common types of hard drive crashes: logical failure, PCB failure and mechanical failure. We do a free evaluation of your drive, so you really don’t need to know which type of issue your drive may have.

Regardless of the amount of time needed to evaluate your hard drive, if we can’t help you, we don’t charge you!

Logical recovery pricing

  • Labor: $50.00 up to 2 TB. Price may be higher for larger drives.
  • USB flash drives: available at cost, or you can supply your own.
  • New hard drive if needed: price depends on brand and storage size.

Three types of drive failure

What can go wrong with a drive

Logical failure

The drive’s components may be physically undamaged, but because of a corrupt file system, accidental formatting or many other reasons, the drive is not able to find and navigate its own data. However, that data may still exist on your drive. If your drive issue is a logical failure, we are set up to scan your drive and retrieve your files. Files can be transferred to DVD, a new hard drive or an external drive. Just drop off your computer and we will handle the rest. Depending on the condition of the drive, it could take a few hours or possibly days to retrieve your data.

PCB failure

PCB means printed circuit board. There may be obvious damage to the circuit board that keeps the hard drive from spinning or being recognized. Some PCB failures may cause a clicking sound on the drive. The boards can normally be replaced, repaired or reprogrammed (firmware). There may be times when the data can be recovered, but we may suggest transferring the data to a new drive. I refer this type of work to a local business that is incredibly skilled and reliable with data recovery. Their minimum charge is $399.

Mechanical failure

Your drive has broken parts that are preventing it from working. Busted drives often make a telltale clicking or buzzing sound as they attempt to access their files. If you hear that, your data may still be there, but you may need to call in the experts. We have been successful with spindle problems and stuck heads; other issues like dead motors or bad bearings will need a specialist. Let us look at it, and if we can’t help you, we don’t charge you! I refer this type of work to a local business that is incredibly skilled and reliable with data recovery. Their minimum charge is $399.

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