Hard drive repair in the class 100 clean room

Hard drive repair from mechanical
damage and logical corruption.

When you require a cloned hard drive with the
operating system, applications and data intact,
sometimes the only option is for a hard drive repair.

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Why Choose Data Recovery Specialists?

► Free diagnosis

► No obligation quote

► ISO 27001 accredited

► Uniquely experienced and qualified

► PC3K data extractors

► Class 100 clean rooms

► UDMA software

► Data is treated in strict confidence

RAID & Servers

We can recover RAID data, VMWare data and rebuild server files from RAID degradation, damaged disks, logical corruption, deletion and re partitions. We have a 96% success rate from RAID.

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We are specialists in solid state drive recovery and have proprietary tools and specialist knowledge to overcome the technical challenges that are unique to SSD technology.

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Hard disk drive repairs to failed PCBs, head crashes and hard drive mechanical failure.

Hard disk drives have a limited lifespan and when they fail a software recovery will often find your files, but will rarely render the hard drive bootable. Software applications and operating systems are likely to be affected. If you require a healthy hard drive to reinsert into your system, the only option is a repair to the faulty drive.

Proprietary and legacy systems are notoriously difficult when it comes to data recovery. Even if the data can be recovered, it's worthless without the system files. Often these systems rely on a specific hard drive model and/or unavailable software. When this is the case, the only option is to rebuild the faulty hard drive, so it can be reinserted into the system with it's original data.

There are many components that can fail on a hard disk drive, including read/write heads, printed circuit boards (PCB), spindle motors, platters and firmware. Hard drive failures are not always mechanical though. Logical corruption and firmware failures can render disks useless. Often a combination of the two will exasperate a problem.

Thankfully, Data Recovery Specialists have an extensive parts library to replace any failed components. With our ISO accredited, class 100 clean rooms, platter extractors and head replacement tools, we can rebuild your hard drive without affecting the integrity of the data.

These were our statistics for repairs last year

► 189 drives were rebuilt without any data integrity issues

► 14,322 spares catalogued and stored in our parts library

► 77% repair rate for failed drives

► Our engineers worked 24:7:365 on data recoveries

► 87% of repairs were completed in less than 2 days

► 91% of clients are satisfied with our rebuild service

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Typical Hard Drive Symptoms

Clicking or Beeping

Clicking or beeping is an indication that your heads have crashed. Hopefully the heads remain parked rather than scratching the platters. If there is damage to the platters, a repair will not be viable and only a partial amount of data will be recoverable.

Grinding or Screeching

Whilst grinding and screeching may sound terminal, often this is indicative of a bearings or motor failure. Assuming there is no associated damage to the platters, a repair and rebuild can be highly successful.

Not Detected

This is the most difficult failures to diagnose. Often a software recovery is successful in the cases of corruption, but this is unlikely to recover your system files without further logical rebuilds of the data.

Firmware Issues

The majority of firmware failures are easy to correct without effecting the integrity of the data or system files. Should your hard drive fail to initialize, this is normally indicative of firmware corruption.

Logical Failure

Logical failure can be terminal if you need the original system files and data. Whilst the hard drive might remain healthy, a software rebuild of the corrupted data may render the system files useless.

Free Hard Drive Evaluation

"Our free hard drive data recovery evaluation service will tell you whether your drive can be rebuilt or repaired. Simply phone or email us for a job number and send your data recovery to us. Your hard drive or media will be photographed, catalogued and bar-coded and the repair will start within an hour of receipt."

Listing Of Recoverable Files

"Once in the laboratory, your media will undergo a comprehensive repair evaluation to determine the extent of the problem. We aim to complete this process within 24 hours depending on the complexity of work involved. The engineers will provide a no obligation recovery prognosis, with a guaranteed list of recoverable files and an estimated timescale. You can then decide whether to proceed with the recovery. Should you choose not to proceed, we will return your media by secure data courier."

Completing The Hard Drive Repair

"Should you choose to proceed, the hard drive repair will be completed. We will then copy out the data to our servers as a back up. Your repaired hard drive will be dispatched on our secure, next day courier service. Once you have received your data any copies of your data will be permanently and securely erased from our servers after 7 days."

Established And Trusted

"40 years experience in the data recovery industry chairing ISO and BSI standards, we have developed a reputation for excellence at a price that is affordable. With extensive data recovery research and development capabilities, our success rates are second to none - without compromising on our prices! This is why over 36,000 companies and individuals come to us every year."

Safeguarding Your Data

"Your data is important to us, which is why all our data recovery procedures comply with the Association of Chief Police Officers Guidelines and Civil Procedure Rules for handling electronic evidence. Great care is taken when recovering and handling your data to ensure that its integrity is maintained and that there is a clear audit trail through the entire data recovery process."

Industry Leading Diagnostics

"Our data recovery laboratory completes over 120 successful recoveries every day from clients including the BBC, NHS and Ministry of Defence. With ISO 27000 (Information Security) and ISO 9001 (Quality Management) accreditation - we are a data recovery company you can rely upon! Class 100 clean rooms, specialised platter removal jigs and software applications allow us to provide the most comprehensive service in the industry."

"Fantastic company"

"Fantastic company with friendly and helpful workforce, who really seem to enjoy working there. After thinking my data had been lost due to a virus, I contacted Data Recovery Specialists to see if there was any chance of saving some important documents. Not only did they recover everything, but it was recovered within 3 days, and a lot cheaper than other quotes from similar company's. Big thank you to all staff at Data recovery Specialists!" - Rhys Tuckwood

"Very good, efficient repair service"

"Very good, efficient service. I was kept well informed with progress throughout the process, and any questions that I had were answered quickly and thoroughly, both by email and over the phone. Post service customer care was equally good." - Babita Pal

"Repair service was outstanding"

"After losing my data, Data Recovery Specialists managed to recover everything within 24 hours. The service wasn't cheap at £395.00 but the service was outstanding. They kept me updated throughout the whole process. Thank you for your efforts" - Mike Newton

"I would definitely recommend them for hard drive recovery"

"What do you do when faced with a data recovery situation - I just wanted to cry. After an internet search and phoning around several companies, Data Recovery Specialists seemed to be the best solution. Even though it was a Saturday, they dealt with my enquiry and assured me they could help. I sent my hard drive to them and within a day of receipt they had already determined what was recoverable. They quote was reasonable and I am so thankful to Data Recovery Specialists. I would definitely recommend them for hard drive recovery!" - Shaun Weston

"Really great and quick service"

"Data restored from 750 GB HDD - faulty heads. Really great and quick service but a little bit expensive. I will member this lesson for long - do data backup frequently." Robert Stolarski

"Surprised how quick the repair to my hard drive was"

"Thank you for processing our data and copying it to hard drive. We were pleasantly surprised how quick the data recovery was and you kept us informed throughout the process. Data Recovery always raises trepidation, but we found the whole experience quite reassuring. I would not hesitate to recommend Data Recovery Specialists in future." Ministry of Defence

"Great service"

"Data Recovery Specialists is great service. They recovered the data instantly and highly appreciated. I recommend others to use data recovery." Mohammed Usman

"Fantastic service"

"Fantastic service, all data recovered and returned quickly. Kept in constant contact and were always willing to discuss the best solutions. Hopefully i will never need them again but if i did i would use them! highly recommend" Matthew Dunn

"Very pleased"

"Excellent communication. Very quick and friendly service. Rescued 100% of my data from my scorched drive. Very pleased with the service." Paul Stmunt

"10/10 great job"

"I dropped my hard drive and took it too several shops in my area and not one would touch the drive. After that I found these guys and they recovered some valuable photos and data which was irreplaceable. Yes it was costly but it all depends how valuable the photos or data is too you personally. All in all 10/10 great job. " David Moore

"Great communication throughout"

"After an external hard drive failing on me, I searched for someone who could recover my data and transfer it to another drive. I couldn’t of asked for a more efficient data recovery. Great communication throughout, I posted my hard drive to them and they phoned me back with an intitial quote, after going ahead they did a full recovery and sent me back my new hard drive with all of my files on. They are not the cheapest but you get what you pay for. Great service and results." Oliver Preen

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Hard drive repair from mechanical damage and logical corruption.

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Failed hard drive? Call 0800 223 0162

Hard disk drive repairs to failed PCBs, head crashes and hard drive mechanical failure.

Free Hard Drive Evaluation

Listing Of Recoverable Files

Completing The Hard Drive Repair

Established And Trusted

Safeguarding Your Data

Industry Leading Diagnostics

"Fantastic company"

"Very good, efficient repair service"

"Repair service was outstanding"

"I would definitely recommend them for hard drive recovery"

"Really great and quick service"

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