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Step 1 Turn Off Your Device
In the event of a hardware failure our recommendation is that you power down your device to ensure that there is no further damage caused which may impede the data recovery process.
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Step 2 Don't Attempt DIY Recovery
We strongly advise against running third-party recovery software or disk utilities as these can often make an already difficult problem much worse.
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Step 3 Call 02890 020144
Contact our friendly and professional staff for a diagnosis. or
No Fix - No Fee!
We will do our very best to recovery your data. Our No Fix No Fee Policy means if we can't recover it you don't pay for it.
No Job Too Large or Small
We deal with SMEs, large companies and corporations, government bodies and the individual home PC user.
Hard disk recovery
Over the UK we have 33 specialist Data Recovery Laboratories which means there is a high chance one of our local Data Recovery Centres is near you. We offer an easy solution to retrieving lost, deleted, corrupted, inaccessible, or damaged computer file data. Or vital assistance in cases of virus attack or recover overwritten data files. We specialise in all known storage media regardless of brand like USB Devices, external Hard-drives (HDD or SSD) Camera SD Cards, or laptop or computer. Our work does not void any warranty. We can work on any level from a few lost files in your block data storage to complex Computer file management forensic recovery.Data Loss
The experience of unexpectedly losing Data of irreplaceable digital files is more than an inconvenience. Often this computer file data has sentimental value or in some cases would require re-doing work which would take hours/days/weeks. Data Loss occurs when there is information system error on your computer hard drive. File data is destroyed by system failure in the storage, or the processing or transmission state. Information systems by design have regular restore point backups to assist in recovery in instances of file system corruption. Operating systems have data loss prevention processes and of course there is software to salvage or restore lost data files. Loss of computer file data can be for many reasons, commonly hardware failure or human error. Other reasons could include:- Accidental or intentional file deletion of a program or digital file.
- Misplacement or loss of data storage device such as USB, External Hard Drive, Memory Sticks, CD's or other.
- Administration or Human error.
- Operating system unable to read unknown file format
- Power failure causing volatile memory data not being saved to permanent storage memory.
- Hardware failure, such as a head crash in a hard disk
- Software freeze or crash, so data cannot be saved.
- Software bugs
- Business failure (bankruptcy) of a software vendor who ceases operational trading
- Data corruption, file system corruption, or data corruption.
- Natural disaster, like flood or fire.
- File camouflage by Hacking, sabotage, worm, virus, SQL injection, or theft of physical media.
File corruption
A corrupted computer file is because its contents have been written or overwritten to the file system in a method that renders it unreadable, either by a human or more likely software crash or failure. In cases where an original exists, the previous version of the file can often be recovered. But in cases where the original file was created corrupt when written to the hard disk, there may be nothing to salvage.
Files could become corrupt because:
- Power down of computer or external hard drive in the process of saving.
- Interruption of download.
- Hard drive bad sector issue.
- Non safely removal of USB flashdrive
- Flash drive failure
- Malicious computer virus
Data Recovery Process
We use a specialised cleanroom Data recovery lab with a service area (computing) where we can use a advanced technique called MFSTM (Magnetic Force Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy) to salvage data. We also provide a computer forensics expert service for recovery of Crypto-shredded, encrypted, hidden electronic file or hidden directory which can occur in virus attacks or ransomware. There are four main phases of a successful Data recovery process, depending on the type of data corruption and the level of damage to the device.Photo Recovery
Photo Data Recovery and Picture Recovery is also a common service. This could relate to USB Flash Drives/Memory Sticks, Mobile Phones, or SD Card Recovery. And also perhaps a lost backup of photo files on internal or external hard-drives. We have a proven success rate of fully recovering photos with SD card data recovery in cases of damage, corruption and accidental deletion. It is important to point out that due to file system fragmentation, on average 16% of JPEGs are fragmented. This means that free photo recovery software has a lower success rate, and likely will partially recover photos or appear corrupt. Our data recovery methods give a better chance of full recovery, but fragmentation may still occur. If you are looking for a specific photo set we can search by filename and try to prioritise this.Data Recovery Services
- Hard Drive Recovery
- External Hard Drive Data Recovery
- Apple Mac Data Recovery
- RAID Data Recovery
- Laptop Data Recovery
- Windows PC Data Recovery
- Randsomware Data Recovery
- Camera Media SD card recovery
- USB Stick Recovery
- File Recovery
- Recover Deleted Files
- Photo Recovery
Hard drive brands
- Seagate Technology
- Western Digital
- Maxtor
- IBM
- Hitachi
- Samsung
- Fujitsu
- Toshiba
- Buffalo Technology
- Freecom
- Hyundai
- LG
- Samsung
- Sony
RAID Cards
USB Manufacturers
- SanDisk
- Kingston Technology
- Sony Corporation
- Transcend Information
- HP
- Toshiba
- Uskymax
- Lexar Media, Inc
- Verbatim
- PNY
- Corsair Components
- Seagate
- USB Memory Direct
- Adata
- OCZ
- Apacer Technology, Inc.
- Umax
- Imation
- Iball
- Crucial Technology
- Memorex
- Biig
- ORCHID
- Silicon Power
- Konami
- Super Talent
- IronKey
- Netac
- aigo
- Frohne
- Nexcopy Inc.
- Quantum Corporation
- LuFOX
Major Brands and product lines of Laptops, Desktops and Accessories we service | |
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Lenovo | Fujitsu, ThinkPad, IdeaPad, Yoga, Legion |
HP | Envy, Elitebook, Pavilion, Omen |
Dell | Alienware, Inspiron, XPS, G Series |
Apple | MacBook, iMac, iPad, iPod |
Dell | Alienware, Inspiron, XPS, G Series |
Acer | Packard Bell, Predator, Aspire, TravelMate, Nitro |
Asus | ZenBook, Vivo, Republic of Gamers (ROG) |
Types of Memory Card Formats we service | |
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PC Card | PCMCIA |
CompactFlash I | CF-I |
CompactFlash II | CF-II |
CFexpress | CFX |
SmartMedia | SM / SMC |
Memory Stick | MS |
Memory Stick Duo | MSD |
Memory Stick PRO Duo | MSPD |
Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo | MSPDX |
Memory Stick Micro M2 | M2 |
Miniature Card | |
Multimedia Card | MMC |
Reduced Size Multimedia Card | RS-MMC |
MMCmicro Card | MMCmicro |
P2 card | P2 |
Secure Digital card | SD |
SxS | SxS |
Universal Flash Storage | UFS |
miniSD card | miniSD |
microSD card | microSD |
xD-Picture Card | xD |
Intelligent Stick | iStick |
Serial Flash Module | SFM |
µ card | µcard |
NT Card | NT NT+ |
XQD card | XQD |