There are lots of programs meant to assist you when a crisis calls for data recovery. However, it's important to determine when you're able to do the job on your own, and when you will need to use a service.
Data recovery is a time-consuming procedure that the majority of the time demands some amount of technical knowledge to maintain the integrity of the lost data no matter what the cause. Hard disk recovery, when performed the wrong way, can cause permanent data-loss and harm on the disk surface.
Therefore, when it comes to deciding on software or specialist service, stop for a while and consider it twice. How much do you know about data recovery? Are your IT skills sufficient to carry out the operation on your own? Are the programs comprehensible and simple to use? Are there any warranties of complete recovery?
To those queries, add the most important: How critical is it for you or your company to get the data that has been lost?
Have in mind that specialists may recover all kinds of documents as they have the complete versions of the most advanced recovery software.
Data Recovery Birmingham - repair & recover data of your hard drive, USB stick, SD card
TURN OFF YOUR DEVICE: internal or external hard drive, PC, Mac, RAID unit to limit the potential data loss and increase the success rate of hard drive recovery.
Faulty HDDs/drives rapidly deteriorate when they fail. Turning it off prevents complication and further unintended damage and will facilitate the data recovery.
DO NOT DO ANY DIY RECOVERY:
You may seriously break your equipment unintentionally and further complicate the data recovery process which may lead to unsuccessful data recovery. DO NOT DO IT YOURSELF!
IMMEDIATELY CALL 07405 149 750 and bring over for full recovery.
Hard disk breakdowns happen, but they aren't necessarily as catastrophic as you might have originally thought. I have seen all kinds of electronic and mechanical issues to internal and external hard drives and have managed to salvage something from all of them. I can recover data from almost every damaged hard drive – that includes all brands, format sizes and interfaces.
Types of data recovery (software/logical) service I offer in Birmingham
I have successfully recovered data from different types of hard drives, sticks, SSD, HDD and other digital storage media since 2000.
Excellent track record of hard drive recovery.
Hard drives save all of our important business and personal data, ranging from databases, emails and contracts to family photos taken on a holiday or a first-born child.
The horror comes when we realise that we suddenly have lost our valuable data.
It is like losing your keys to the house and you do not have any spare keys to get back to the house.
All of a sudden, you are locked out of your data. Just don’t panic!
I perform a wide variety of recovery service:
Data Recovery & Backup Solutions
Data Transfer Recovery of Lost Data / Files / Pictures
Outlook email Recovery
Mobile & Notebook Data Recovery
Hard Drive, Flash Drive, SSD Data Recovery
Data Erase from unused Hard Drives
PC Data Backup and Recovery
FAQ
1How long does it take?
Depending on the issue, from a couple of hours to 7-10 days. Drives needing hardware recovery generally take about 7 to 10 days but can take longer based on other factors below. ven if the drive is fully functional a 4Tb drive will take as much as 20 hours to perform a single scan
2Why does it take so long?
The bigger the size of the data, physically or logically, the longer the recovery process could take. This can slow down the data recovery process as engineers have to read through damages drives to try to piece together what they can, as best they can.
3Why is it so expensive?
Simply put, data recovery is expensive because it is a complicated process and not many companies are specialized in this field. Even though there are many companies that offer data recovery, only the reputed companies can boast of effective data recovery.
4How does it work?
Data recovery software helps to get the lost data back with maximum efficiency. Commonly, the data recovery process is based on storage scan, which serves to find specific information (files, lost file systems) and assemble structures of the damaged file system.
5Are deleted files ever really gone?
Once they have been deleted from those folders, they are still located in the hard drive and can be retrieved with the right software. Any time that a file is deleted from a hard drive, it is not erased. What is erased is the bit of information that points to the location of the file on the hard drive
How Much Does Hard drive Recovery Cost And What Are My Options?
Most users who contact us with data recovery enquiries are keen to know what the price will be. Whilst we do our best to indicate a guideline price based on the symptoms described, this can be very difficult. Imagine phoning a garage, informing them that your car has broken down and requesting a price.
Until they see the vehicle they won’t know if it needs a new engine, or simply a spark plug! Recovery is somewhat like this. Replacing a failed motor or actuator assembly is not dissimilar to replacing a car engine in terms of labour. However, the charges are significantly less than replacing an engine!
The few negative reviews we receive follow the same story….” the service was good, but the quote was more than we anticipated”. That’s not to say that every quote we give is expensive but we have never heard of another company recovering data for less.
Prices for a hard drive recovery start at around £195 but can escalate to £595 or more.
This is why we offer a free no-obligation assessment where we can quote. If the user declines, we return the media free of charge unless the user requests special delivery instructions. In these cases, we ask for the costs of carriage.
Normally our assessments include a file listing of recoverable files. To get to this stage we must first complete the recovery. Should the user decline our quote, we absorb our costs associated with the information recovery Birmingham.
Occasionally the damage to the media is so severe that we are unable to complete the recovery and provide a file listing of recovery files. In these cases, our free no-obligation assessment would include a technical report, likelihood of success and a quote to continue.
Where we are not 100% confident of a full recovery, we would offer users the option of continuing on a non-guaranteed basis, using our best endeavours to recover the data. Normally we would split costs into two parts so that users are not paying the full price in the event of an unsuccessful recovery.
We ask for an upfront payment to cover these costs. Clearly, there is no obligation and the user can decline the quote. If you are a user sending in your media, please keep an open mind.
The analysis of free of charge and most of the time we will complete the recovery on a no-obligation basis. If you are concerned about the upper end of the pricing scale, ask your consultant when you enquire. It is expensive for us to have a quote declined, so we do try to be realistic in guideline pricing.
Most reputable information recovery companies can provide you with an exact price of the cost of particular recovery services. Do not accept vague price estimates before you send in your device. Make sure that you get a fixed quotation or pricelist sent to you by email, in advance, which covers all fees which a recovery company may wish to make.
There’s a lot that’s commonly misunderstood about the art of information recovery. Many would-be customers underestimate just how much we can retrieve from a damaged hard drive. Others make the mistake of assuming permanently deleted records are unrecoverable.
Most of all, though, customers misunderstand how much it costs. Their price expectations at the outset of a job vary wildly, and the quotes they receive from recovery companies sometimes serve only to muddy the waters – certain costs may be hidden, the capabilities of the provider unproven and the volume of recoverable data unknown.
If you’re struggling to get to grips with recovery pricing yourself, read on – the following guide should give you an idea of how much your next job will cost.
The first rule of data recovery: You pay for time, not quantity
The first thing you should know about pricing is that you’ll almost always be charged by the time the job takes, not the volume of data you need to recover, and any company that says differently should be eyed with suspicion.
Think about it: if you bring a shattered hard drive into the shop, the recovery job is essentially the same regardless of whether you’re attempting to grab a single file or several gigabytes of data.
The real work is getting the drive to function again, not to transfer some or all of its contents to a fresh medium.
What other costs do I need to be aware of?
If your storage device has sustained serious damage, you may need to pay for more than the time and expertise of your chosen recovery laboratory. Perhaps most significantly, there’s the cost of parts to consider.
When a hard drive suffers a mechanical failure, for example, it’s necessary to replace the faulty component with a working one from an identical device. This means tracking down a donor drive from the same manufacturer, built in the same plant at the same time and with the same firmware.
The cost could be much higher than that of a new device of equivalent storage space.
Outside of that, you might be billed for the media on which your data is returned, as well as any postage and packaging costs. Here at Ontrack, we quote for parts, replacement media and shipping upfront, though other companies may not be so transparent.
We offer an immediate technical analysis, a free fixed quote and an emergency service for critical recoveries. Our process is completely transparent.
You will be kept informed throughout the recovery process by a dedicated expert and we aim to minimise your downtime by completing all recoveries in a matter of only a few days. In fact, we aim to complete every recovery within 48 hours.
►immediate survey and file listing
► 97% rate for hard drives and RAID recoveries
Ask anyone who has experienced data loss whether it’s a fun experience, and they’ll tell you no. Data loss, whether due to hardware or software failure, accidental deletion, or cybercrime, is a stressful experience.
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1). Diagnostics £20. If you go ahead with the repairs, it's FREE! 2). Minimum 20% OFF for Emergency Services & Armed Forces 3). Not a SHOP, it's a private house. For exact location, press the DIRECTIONS button 4). I keep my prices low. With 2 or more services you'll automatically get a discount (usually at least 25%)