Accidentally formatted your hard drive, USB stick, or SD card? Lost access to everything after reinstalling your OS?
At Dr IT Services, we offer professional formatted drive recovery in Birmingham, helping you get your files back — even if you’ve overwritten the drive.
We handle quick format, full format, and partition loss on HDDs, SSDs, and external storage.
Why Formatted Drives Aren’t Always Lost Forever
When a drive is formatted, data is not immediately erased — just the directory structure is cleared.
We use specialist tools that:
- Scan raw sectors for known file patterns
- Rebuild partition tables and MFT entries
- Recover data by file type, date, and extension
- Safely image and scan drives without risk to original media
Devices We Recover
- 🔹 Internal and external hard drives (HDD, SSD)
- 🔹 USB flash drives & pen drives
- 🔹 SD & microSD cards (phones, cameras, GoPro)
- 🔹 Portable SSDs (Samsung T5, WD, Crucial)
- 🔹 Laptops & desktops (Windows/macOS/Linux)
- 🔹 BitLocker-encrypted devices (with key)
Why Choose Dr IT?
- ✅ 20+ Years of Data Recovery Expertise
- ✅ Deep Format Recovery for NTFS, exFAT, APFS, HFS+
- ✅ No Data, No Fee Policy
- ✅ Confidential & Secure Recovery Lab
- ✅ File Testing & Verification Included
- ✅ 300+ Verified 5-Star Reviews
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Common Scenarios We Recover From
- Accidental Quick Format or Full Format
- Mac Disk Utility erase
- Windows installation on wrong partition
- USB format prompts after plugging in
- Disk shows RAW or unallocated
- File system corrupted and drive won’t mount
- Phone SD card reset or deleted
What Can Be Recovered?
- Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Emails, databases, ZIP/RAR archives
- Photos, RAW image files, audio/video
- Folder structures (where possible)
- Files from old backup drives and archive disks
We recover from both recent and older formats, depending on sector integrity.
Pricing & Timeframe
Formatted drive recovery starts at £60, depending on size and complexity.
Turnaround: usually 1–3 working days.
Our Recovery Process
- 🔍 Clone the formatted drive (read-only)
- 🧠 Deep scan for file headers and lost partitions
- 📁 Extract viable data to new media
- ✅ Validate critical files (optional)
- 🔐 Return via secure USB, drive, or cloud link
We always operate under strict confidentiality — NDA available on request.
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Areas We Serve
Formatted drive recovery available across:
- Harborne, Selly Oak, Edgbaston
- Quinton, Smethwick, Kings Norton
- Handsworth, Northfield, West Bromwich
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What Our Customers Say
“Formatted my external drive by mistake — Dr IT got all my photos back.” – ★★★★★ Rachel S.
“Data recovery tools failed. These guys nailed it in 48 hours.” – ★★★★★ Arif N.
FAQs – Formatted Drive Recovery
Can you recover data after a full format?
Yes — in many cases, especially if the drive hasn’t been written to since formatting.
Is it possible to recover folder names too?
Sometimes. If the file system metadata is partially intact, we can preserve structure.
Do you recover Mac or Linux-formatted drives?
Yes — we support APFS, HFS+, ext3/ext4, and more.
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